Today was a very nice day and the sun was out which helped a great deal. I decided to take the snow off of my roof today with my trusty roof rake. I put on my snowshoes and made a narrow path around the front of my house so I could get better access since the snow is deep out front (and no I didn't fall down this time).
So, I started raking the snow off of my roof and one of my snowshoes fell of. I bent down to put it back on and heard someone calling out to me. There were these to young men wearing backpacks walking up my driveway. I looked and said hello. They tried to walk toward me by taking the narrow path that I made, but they kept sinking in the deep snow. They walked up on my deck instead and introduced themselves as Mormon Missionaries.
They asked me if I wanted to hear their message and I said not really. Then all of a sudden I started talking and proclaiming the true Gospel Message of Jesus Christ to them. It was as if the Holy Spirit just rose up in me and gave me a great boldness to witness to these two men. My mother saw the whole thing as she looked out the window and told me later that she had never seen me talk so much.
The two young men gave me their take on things and I told them the truth. They tried to convince me and persuade me to read the book of Mormon and ask God if it was from Him. I already know that it is not. We didn't get angry at each other. We weren't rude. We had a good discussion right there in my front yard. I told them the truth and I pray that some seeds were planted. I would ask you to pray for those two men.
I do feel sorry for them and they probably feel sorrow for me. They asked me what my objection was to Mormonism was and I told them about the part that says that a person can be a god of their own planet and become a savior there. They tried to convince me that was true, but that is pure blaspheme against the true living God. God is God and we are His creation. We are sinners and need a Savior and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. We can't earn our way into Heaven and we can't be perfect by our good works.
We ended our conversation at what appeared to be a stalemate and I told them to have a nice day and told them that I hoped that God would bless them. I hope God does bless them by opening their hearts and minds to the truth of the real Jesus Christ.
I continued my roof raking and I reached the point of the roof where I had to stand on my deck. I was standing where those two men were standing earlier and I looked over the railing toward the narrow path that I had made in the snow. The Holy Spirit spoke to me in that moment as I thought about that narrow path that the two young men couldn't walk on. It was almost weirdly symbolic that they couldn't come that way, but the ended up coming up on me deck that leads to nowhere.
There is only One true living God and He is the Creator of all things. There is only One Way to the Father and that is through His one and only Son, Jesus Christ. Lately I have been asking the Lord for confirmation whether or not He has really called me into the ministry and this experience was a great answer to my prayer. I was really humbled that the Lord used me to proclaim the Gospel to these two men who are on the wrong path.
Lord,
We praise Your Name.
Help us always to be ready to give an answer to the hope that is within us.
Help us to do that with gentleness and love.
Thank You for using someone like me to be Your witness.
Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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