Things are Heating Up!
Who are you? That is probably what the people wondered yesterday at the park-n-ride as Mel and I started sharing the Good News. I admit, I wondered who I was as well. In fact, it wasn't until I was able to completely get rid of myself and no longer be a who, that I received the courage to get out of my car and start talking! I don't think I've ever had such a wild range of emotions. Once we started, the easier it got. Yesterday was huge for me girls, let me tell you why. Ten years ago I was seeing both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I was being treated for depression, and ADHD. I was a miserable train wreck and had lost the desire to even try to get well. A friend of mine invited me to the Living Word Christmas Program, and for the first time in years, I felt a little spark within me. I went to the regular church service the next day, and went up for the alter call. The spark grew into a flicker and a flame. I went back to therapy the next week, simply to say goodbye, and tell them I wouldn't be needing their services any longer. The psychologist looked at me like I was more crazy than ever, but I didn't care. I new she wasn't a believer, as at one point during therapy she had recommended I have my astrological chart done, in order to better understand myself! I sat there with this goofy, peaceful grin, and said to her "imagine if I could take my sales skills, and use them for God". She laughed, and so did I, but when I did, I felt the Lord saying, "you will". This was not something my newly born again brain could handle, so I "shelfed it". I shelfed it for 9 years, thinking about it often, but always keeping it there, in my mind, and my heart. This week, the Lord told me it was time to "take it off the shelf". Praise the Lord! It was, and is, so awesome! When I say "use my sales skills", I don't mean you have to "sell Jesus". Remember, everything He has is free! I simply mean the things that made me successful as a salesperson are the same qualities I believe the Lord put in me before I was born, for such a time as this! That flicker and flame I had a while back, well girls, it is a full blown fire! You could roast a marshmallow on my heart! I tell you what, just like a forest fire, this one is spreading. If you don't want your faith "fueled up", you better stay clear of me!!!!
1 Corinthians 9:16 Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't preach the Good News!
Love you all-
Jen
1 Corinthians 9:16 Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't preach the Good News!
Love you all-
Jen
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