Talking to People

On Saturday, I was able to go to Illinois for a DARE2SHARE conference.  One of the things that we were supposed to do during the last break of the conference before the end was go to local public places and tell people about the grace of God.  You see, I am not very good at this kind of thing.  I don't want to make an uncomfortable situation for people.  I have always been the one who didn't want to force this kind of thing on people, and I always thought that if I was the one to start the conversation and try to get people to accept Jesus, then I was forcing it on them.  I never wanted to be that person.  This weekend, though, I tried something new.  Greg, the speaker talked about a very different way to talk to people about God and teach them about what Jesus did for them.  He explained a method where you ask, admire, and then admit.  I encourage definitely encourage everyone to go to dare2share.org and check out the videos.  And just so that everyone knows, no one is paying me to suggest them, I really do believe in what this organization is doing. 

I am quite a shy person, when it comes to people that I don't know, so I have a hard time talking to people, unless they start first.  I am usually fine if the other person starts the conversation, but if I am expected to, it becomes an issue.  This weekend, something changed in me.  God spoke to me and told me that I needed to talk to these people.  I don't know whether he was doing this to help me or to help them, or what, but if even part of it was for me, it worked.  I think that I can do this.  I can do this whole evangelism thing... I don't at all think that I will be the next Billy Graham, but maybe I can start planting some seeds.  I love God and I love people.  I want everyone to go to heaven, so I am going to help the people who don't believe and I am going to plant some seeds.