“We will do everything the Lord has said!"

I have been called out by the Lord to tell the people of his great love and grace for I was rescued from my sins and showered with His blessings.

Exodus 19:1-8

Therefore, when I find myself at a salon getting a pedicure, I am motivated to speak for Him.  During our general conversation about the terrible state of the world and yet, our trust in God is our greatest comfort, the lady next to me admits that she doesn’t have that faith in God.  She repeats, "I don't have that" more than once in order to be heard.

I ask her why she does not have faith.  She answers that her husband grew up in a religious family and that her in-laws are in their 80’s and have never had alcohol or caffeine.  In fact, the Starbucks she is drinking would be a sin to them. Her husband became a doctor and so he now accepts science over religion. Her sister-in-law is a hypocrite who attends church on Sundays but gets drunk whenever she goes out.  And she personally thinks that churches talk too much about homosexuality as a sin and continue to stalk her after she signs the pew book.

She doesn’t understand the Trinity and why there is a God who would send himself as Jesus to earth to die as a sacrifice to please Himself.  It makes no sense. Why do we need to sacrifice to God, anyway? And mostly, she suspects it is not right to believe in God to avoid being wrong and going to Hell if it is real.

blog by Nancy Gleeson

It is so challenging to adequately respond to all of the ideas that the world has presented to nonbelievers, and yet, God has called me to speak His truth.  I have seen how He carried me on eagle’s wings and I must share that with others.

Oh, how I want her to know that there is no checklist that makes one a child of God.  His family shares vision, values and unique truths. We no longer give ourselves over to fear!  We freely admit, accept and allow God to be the One who guides and cares for us, and we simply want to be holy because God is Holy.  How can I help my new friend comprehend this gift?

For God will bring justice to this world and until He does, we have the distinction of being His treasured possession reflecting His grace and radical love. How sweet it would be if every person would declare, “We will do everything the Lord has said!”