Men run
from your arguments about God, they will not listen to your elaborate explanations;
but when you tell them what life was without God, and then tell them what it is
with Him, their hearts, as
John Wesley said, are “ strangely warmed," and their minds also are strangely
persuaded. . . . Then Jesus gave
them His answer to John. . . . He just gathered up in a cascade of living words
the living deeds He and they had
been seeing, and said, “Go your way and tell John what things ye have seen and
heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised , to the poor
the gospel is preached”. It was proof by evidence. They had seen these people
themselves.
Sam
Shoemaker, National Awakening, p. 28.
The friendship and communication that I experience with our brothers and sisters of Able Church require that things be easy or concrete. That's so great because I need that basic teaching more than anyone else. The basics is where its at. I am drilled by my friends in recovery a message of pragmatism, is what your doing working. The message is quite urgent because if what I do does not work then I take that huge leap in front of that old freight train called death.
I think that daily I am looking for that small little touch that will take me from my flesh or satisify my mind so that I can move in the right direction. The direction into Gods will. Its refreshing when simplicity match concrete practical action. In my life that happens when I open up my heart to a person with a disability. So in your travels today look for that situation and at that moment you will experience a little nudge from the maker himself Jesus Christ.
