I have been going to a coffee shop/bookstore with Carrie
everyday for the past week and getting to know the owner and have been reminded
of a very comforting fact….it's not up to me.
God doesn't need me to accomplish anything, but He allows me to take
part in what He's already doing. Carrie
and I have been talking with this lady for a week and had not felt like we
needed to share the gospel with her, but to just sit

with her and show her that
we care about her. Yesterday we got
clear confirmation that we are not the ones that are going to make a huge
difference in her life, but the people she lives around all the time will. We met one of her good friends yesterday and
found out that she is a Christian and Carrie and I both feel that she will make
the biggest impact in our friend's life.
It was as if God was saying, "See, I don't need you. I'm already at work here." It was really encouraging and the reminder
helped to take pressure off. I feel like
the American church has put so much pressure on "evangelism" and it has become
something that we often feel like has to have results that we can report. But to me, that limits what we expect of
God. That puts all the pressure on us
and then we feel like it's a job and if we don't get positive results we feel
like a failure. Praise God it's not on
us! If it were we would be in serious
trouble. God is good and He is at work
even when we can't see it. It's also
more fun this way. We can just live life
and share the love of Christ not just in "sharing the gospel" (which is still
very important), but also in how we act around others. I love that the Lord always finds a way to
remind me that it's not about me:)

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