A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to meet with a wonderful young lady. She wanted to talk about why God does bad things to good people. I wasn't prepared for the question and lamely tried to answer. This young lady didn't have the assurance of salvation and I understood how this all was going to be confusing!
We left that meeting with my promising to pray for her everyday. Mainly I prayed that God would soften her heart toward the gospel. But, I also prayed that she would find answers to the questions she asked.
I have a growing list of people who get on my "unsaved" prayer list. I usually pray for them everyday. I have some other people who I pray for everyday also. After Challenge 2010 I had my faith in prayer renewed and I vowed to not lose hope no matter how long something gets prayed for or how silent God is being on the subject.
Saturday, New Years Day, at 12:30am I received a call that it was time to cross someone off the unsaved list!! Praise God. I've been praying for her for so many months it was almost hard to believe. Plus, I felt kinda bad for her because as she was telling me the story of how she was saved I just started crying and couldn't stop. Tears of joy! Tears of elation! Tears of thankfulness!
I keep thinking back to Saturday and can't stop smiling. She, too, keeps smiling. Plus, all of the old doubts and questions she had have disappeared. New Life. Amazing.
So, friends, keep praying. Don't lose hope.
1 comments:
Seriously got chills reading this. When I gave my testimony at PGM, I was talking about how much I couldn't stop crying when I first got saved. Remember how I was when you first got back from Challenge, I was a mess. You tried talking to me at church and I was just so emotional. So glad the kids have you in their lives and that you pray for them everyday. Love you to pieces!!!
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