Seedlings

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
                                                                                       -Robert Louis Stevenson



Dear Friend,

It feels so discouraging sometimes when our childhood friends reject our faith. An attempt to talk about God is quickly pushed aside; "I'm sorry but I don't want to hear about it."

Courage to share the word to friends was hard to do in elementary, especially when you were asked the difficult question of "so are you saying that I'm going to Hell because I don't believe in God?" That feeling of not wanting to hurt your friend and not knowing how to answer because of that made you hesitate to bring God up for a period or time.

That period was short, very brief in fact. You then invited them to go to the children's group at church. As you spiritually grew matured a bit and moved onto the youth group, you still continued to voiced a want to see them go to church with you. By then you were able to get another close friend to go to some youth group events with you when she had the time. Yet this certain friend kept saying no.
So why is she so against religion and anything spiritual? A Facebook comment to her cousin said something along the lines of "I enjoyed watching Battleship Galactica until it got too spiritual for me." As you can see, she   didn't like the shamans and the gods references or something from the television series just like she didn't want to know about a God, our loving Yahweh.

Here is when you should try seeing things from her view. Why is she so strong of an aetheist? Is there some background to this? Is it because she's afraid that there is a God?

I know for a fact that her Opa and Oma were christian. Her sister told me that many years ago because of a school project. Did something happen to have your friend not even want to acknowledge a higher being? Many people believe in a higher being, but then they get led astray and not to God. Ask and find out the reasons why. You can push-shove-and-tug but be gentle you don't want to scare her off. Pray for her. Pray with her when she's down. It's fine if you are nervous when you pray with her but please persevere. You can do it. Drop in some random verse that could help during a time in trouble. Have her join a group of Christian friends for a hangout away from the Church building since it can get a bit intimidating... Besides a group of Christians having a time of fellowship is the Church.

You've already planted the seeds in her and her twin many years ago. Don't give up because you have constantly been watering these seeds and giving them nutrition constantly. The seeds might seem dormant but one day you will see the product of your determination and dedication.

You know all the time you spent with teaching the youth well here's a verse (that you probably already had before): The Word of God will not return void. Isaiah 55:11(KJV). IT seems that the youth don't get the things you say to them every week and all, it is sinking in but it'll might just take a long time to take root. Have faith.

ANYWAYS I have no idea what I just blabbed on about. It might not even be right or good or even make sense. Aight. Bye.