Tell Others!

Have you ever lost something, or the use of something, then some time later regained it? It’s such a treasure! As of yesterday I finally got back the use of my computer printer! I forgot what a blessing it is to be able to print something from my own desk! I got so much more done with not having to first email my documents to my husband’s office! I was almost in a printing frenzy I loved it so much!

I remember very vividly when I got to go on a mission trip to Spain a year and a half ago how frustrating it was passing out tracts on the streets. Our group had been given a few lessons in Spanish before we left home, but it was only enough to say a greeting and share a tract (don’t even ask me now what the phrase was! Si?). For the nine days that we were in Spain we couldn’t talk to the people we met; couldn’t share our testimony or give a Bible verse in their language. I remember wishing I could talk in their language and tell them the reason we were in there.

I’ll never forget while on our trip home we were riding a bus in the airport in Frankfurt, Germany from the terminal to our airplane. I was sitting beside a woman who turned and greeted me in English! I was so pleased! As I talked with her I was able to share a tract with her, and I asked her to please read it so she could learn how to go to heaven. When we arrived in Charlotte the Lord gave other opportunities to give tracts and talk to people who spoke my language. I felt as though I’d been given back something I’d lost – the ability to speak and share the Gospel in English.

After returning home the fervor to continue to use the gift of speech to share Christ with a lost world was very real. However, as time has passed, my obedience in this area has dwindled, much to my shame. Yesterday afternoon the Lord reminded me of what I had learned while in Spain, and when I was at the grocery store check-out He prompted me to give a tract to the cashier with whom I’d been talking. Sadly, she didn’t receive the tract with a ready heart; she appeared disgusted with me and shoved the tract in her drawer and quickly moved on to the next customer.

As I walked away, I prayed for her and thanked the Lord for helping me to take advantage of the opportunity He’d given to use my words to share the Gospel message. I don’t want to forget how special it is to have that privilege.

I’m sure a year from now I won’t still be sitting at my computer in a printing frenzy, but I pray my heart will still be in the mode of a “telling frenzy.”

Who needs you to speak up and tell them about Christ?