Sharing

He's not cuddling- he's pushing her off

Gimli doesn't like to share. We've got lots of toys for them both, yet for some reason he cannot bear to let Virginia play with them on her own. When she starts playing with a toy, that becomes the toy he must play with at that moment. He doesn't like to share us either. He will completely push her out of the way if he decides he wants the closest seat to mom and dad. He wants to be comfortable, and if that requires pushing Virginia off the bed in the middle of the night while she's asleep, so be it.

Sharing is tough for me too. But for me it's not about toys or space- it's about the gospel. I have this amazing news that so many people right here in my backyard have never heard- that God loves them, created them to know Him personally, and has provided a way for them to spend eternity in relationship with Him through Jesus, and that way is the only way for anyone to know God. The problem is, this news isn't always well received in our culture. And I'm scared- I'm scared of upsetting someone, losing a friend, being insulted to my face, or even just rejected. It is a very scary proposition to share the gospel of Jesus to those who don't know it yet.

But how important it is that I do share!!  There is no guarantee that the people I am surrounded by who don't know God will ever hear the gospel if I don't share it with them.  It doesn't matter that we are in America. It is no longer true that everyone living in America has heard the gospel of Jesus before. There may be a church on every corner, but so many Americans will never step foot in one. They must know, and we must go to where they are and tell them.

I don't want to be like Gimli with the gospel- only concerned with my own comfort and blind to the needs of others around me. I want to be generous with it- sharing it every chance I get. I am praying for opportunities to do this, for open eyes to notice when those doors open, and for my love of Christ to grow more and more so that I can't help but share about His love because it's on my mind and heart constantly.