I'm about to leave for the weekend - going down to Plainfield to visit some friends. M & L have been my stability while I've lived here in IL. (If you recall from a previous post - Lint in the Belly Button, L was the one who so lovingly didn't question the request.) They've had some hard times in the past and I have tried to support them the best that I know how, but sometimes I feel like I've fallen short of what God would have me do.
I think I can say this objectively. Lori was a brand-new Christian when I first met her - she was so excited about her faith and the wonders of God. She could also see God's hand in her life several years before she came to know Him personally. And yet, I feel that her transformation has ceased. I can see several clear reasons why this would happen, but I'm disappointed in myself that I have not been able to support her spiritually - in fact, I find it extremely difficult to do when I live 70 miles away. I know that 70 miles is not all that far, but it is far enough that I don't get down there but once every 2 months or so, and as everybody knows, long distance relationships can be difficult to maintain.
I would like some payer to help me help her. I would like some ideas of things that I can do with her (NOT just giving her a book) that might spark something. I don't even have to be the vehicle - God could use anyone and anything - but I would like to have my eyes open enough to see it happening, if that makes sense. Okay, I had better get on the road before it takes me 6 hours to get down there.
Toodles!
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