First Missionary!

So, last night we started our Annual Missions Conference. I've been in church all my life and never have I heard Mark 5:1-20 preached the same way before. He talked about the man who was possessed with demons and how Jesus cast the demons out of him and into 2,000 pigs. The pigs ran down the hill into a sea of water and drowned themselves. But that wasn't the point of the message. When the people of the town found out what happened to their pigs they asked Jesus to leave. The man who was possessed was now in his right mind and clothed where as before no man had been able to tame him or keep him locked in chains. And he asks Jesus to stay there with him. but Jesus sent him away, saying, (Luke 8:39) "Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. (Luke 8:40) And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. So, basically, Jesus told him to spread the good news and tell everyone how great God is and the man did it. When Jesus returned, the people were ready for Jesus and excited to see him because now they knew the change he had made in someone else's life. The point of the message..."If God can use a maniac, crazy man, then God can use me".

What does that say about my life? I don't work outside of my home. My husband works with all Christians for his full-time and part-time job. We don't really have many friends that don't go to church and claim to be Christians. What can I do? Well, I can hand out tracts when I'm out shopping. I am shy and not big on confronting people so maybe I can just leave them around in the store like my Dad taught us to do when we were little. Or, I can go out on visitation on Thursday night and go door-to-door with a flier to invite people to church. I can write about God and Jesus and church on my Blog and hope someone reads it and it makes a difference in their life.

I was born into a Christian family. My Dad was saved 4 years before I was born. He wasn't just one of those people that just got saved either. He was completely changed. I didn't know him before nor do I want to. He's a great man, an awesome example, and the reason I am where I am in my life today. Although, I don't want him to take credit for the bad. I guess I should say, The good part of my life, the Christian I have become and want to become is because of him. From there, I have to go back and thank my Aunt and Uncle. They are the ones who prayed for him to get saved or for God to lead them to their church so they could be assured he got saved. God answered their prayers. I know the list goes back further, but that is where it stops for me. My Uncle and Aunt, my Pastor and Pastor's wife now, are the reason my parents are saved and in church and the reason I had the opportunity to be where I am today and the opportunity to meet my husband in church. My husband leads our home every day and tries to give us Godly direction and is an encouragement to me on a regular basis. That's my missionary story! What is yours? Do you have one? I want to continue to grow. So, if you're out there and you are missing something in your life. If your life isn't complete, it's because you don't have God in your life. He completes me!