Sharing your faith

A few months ago we worked on a page about sharing our faith and I thought this would be a great time to share that with you all.  Amid all the New Years resolutions shouldn't the most important be that we resolve to share the Lord with others in our lives.  I like this page because when I am gone (hopefully my faithbook will be passed down) it can be a reminder for all those who come after me that there are many ways to share the Lord besides quoting scripture to people.  Sometimes people are not ready to hear scripture or understand it.

There are so many ways to share our faith.  Sometimes we share our faith and we don't even recognize it.  Have you ever met someone who you think right away, "That person must know the Lord?"  Something about their actions, words, peace about them or the way they carry themselves.  You don't need to have a deep conversation to feel their warmth and suspect that it comes from the Lord.  Don't you want to be that type of person?  God can use you no matter where you are if you make yourself available to Him.

This week in bible study one of the things the leader talked about was that our obedience to the Lord always blesses others.  It is amazing to think about isn't it?  If we are obedient to the Lord we don't have to go out of our way to bless others we can be a conduit for the Lord!  Think about all the people in our lives that we interact with each day.  How amazing would it be if we knew that God was using us to bring someone to him or to help bring someone closer to him just through our obedience?  Our obedience is His pleasure and He will use it for His glory and His kingdom.

When we created the page we limited the ways to share to five just because it made for an easier page.  Of course there are many ways to share so you don't need to limit your page to five.

One thing that you can't see on the picture is that we added a bible verse to the bottom of the page.  My chosen verse was.....
Commit to the Lord whatever you do and He will establish your plans.  Proverbs 16:3  

I challenge you this weekend to think about how you can share your faith with others around you.  Give some thought to why you stuggle sometimes to share your faith also.  We will talk about that page next week.

New year.... New Commitment

Hey everyone,

It has been too long.  I reread my last post on this blog today and it made me feel sad and hopeful at the same time.  Almost two years ago I felt the need to create this blog and have been very neglect in following through.  For those of you who don't know me I enjoy being in the background.  I like to be busy, love to help others, love to share the wisdom that God has given me but I don't want to be known.  I am not a fan of being out in front, in fact, it makes me very uncomfortable.  I don't update my facebook page because I am not even sure what to post.  I have a wonderful life that God has richly blessed but I am much more comfortable talking about it one on one than sharing it online.

This year I am feeling more and more convicted that God wants me to shout it from the rooftops.  I HAVE BEEN RICHLY BLESSED BY GOD!!!!!  I have no part in that blessing.  I did nothing to deserve it and did nothing to earn it.  He has just been sooooo good to me.

I also have been convicted that God desires me to share faithbooking more regularly.  I have a small group of ladies that I faithbook with and God provides the ideas every month.  I am not that creative of a person but every month we have a page to create so remember what God has done for us, shares who God is, enriches our faith and relationship with Him.  I have never been all that creative so it must be His ideas.  I am so grateful for that group of ladies and the pages we create.

This month we did a two page spread for the new year.  The first page was about what we learned in 2014 about God and/or from God.  I have limited memory capacity so I loved the idea of looking through my bible study and having one page that shared some truths I gained from the year of study.  This way I can look back and be reminded quickly about what I learned and what I need to continue to remember.

The second page was things we were commiting to the Lord or committing to do for the Lord and this blog is one of my commitments for 2015.  I look forward to sharing my journey this year and pray that I am able to keep my commitment.



I will be posting once a week and hope to hear from you about your faith journeys.