journal

so if i started up again, but don't get to excited sports fans, this may not continue to be a regular feature of david's existence even though he has the free time. but today i'm going to do what i do best, rant...

so i've prayed for opportunities to share the gospel with people, and i've run into just random people numerous times this week, along with lost friends of mine. but one of two things happens. one, they say something not christian that i shouldn't laugh at or could reply back to and show Christ and i don't, or the in to a convo doesn't come up. the first part is the hardest i think, because i wish i could be on my feet enough to say something that will glorify God, not point me out as a Christian necessarily, but glorify God. cause i don't want to not appear as a Christian or put people so much at ease by being like them that i cease to be like Christ and bring conviction when i speak or act. but i know paul talks about being like all people to win some to Christ and i don't believe that this should be minimized, but it doesn't mean maybe what i think that it means. i think that it means like in some ways that people don't think that Christians are weird in the sense if being a nut, but still weird in the sense of being totally different and at the same time convicting and making people desire what they have. and i thing this is done with words and deeds, duh. but important words is the key. really led by the Spirit and not some textbook example or cute little phrases. the Word is huge. its so powerful if we let it be. we really need to listen to people and the Spirit. and we should see how Jesus acted toward people and mimic Him. i just feel wrong if i don't say something, which i think might be right, but i just don't know. i don't want people to think that i approve of sin, but i don't want them to think that i'm judging them either. but i want them to be convicted of sin and become repentant yet not shove me away because they feel belittled. and i think both are possible because the Bible talks about both. that people respect and love the church and the people in the church but at the same time, hate and persecute them. and the second thing, the bible says preach the gospel inseason and outofseason. but i dunno if thats means everytime you see people. i know it does mean whether you want to or not and God tells you too. not dependent on your preferences, but if the convo isn't there then what? i just dunno. anyways, thats all i got for now. you should all listen to the new project 86 cd, and the rest will follow. its amazing. as usual. the new norma jean cd, o God the aftermath. and the new david crowder band cd, a beautiful collision or 3+4=7. all impressive. i will leave you with a douglas adams quote which i think is h-igh-larious.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.