Thought I would share my Instagram post here too…

Try to shine as lights among the people of this world as you hold firmly to the message that gives life ~Philippians 2:15

I was talking with an agnostic dad whose 6 year old daughter suddenly had questions about where “we go when we die”…his answer was wherever “we go” (if we go anywhere) it is where everyone goes. He felt uncomfortable with the uncertainty of his answer.

I did not listen to him out of an effort to “convert” him or to challenge his “theology” nor to start a debate. My response was only that my belief is based on a relationship with Christ and for me to live my life as He did- not with pointing fingers or judgment.

If my life reflects Christ and influences others then the next work is up to the Holy Spirit and the individual.

If my life and choices influences for change toward Christ then I am doing my part.

I wish I would have said that my belief gives me the hope that what I do matters in this life and in the next…

The interesting sidenote here is my insecurity. As a minister to be, shouldn’t I have been able to respond to him in a way that would have left him whirling in wonder about this Christ I serve? My doubts (the enemy in my head) scream that I failed here.

But you know what? He is watching me and how I live this “religious” lifestyle I say has transformed me.

He said he did not want to tell his daughter any tall tales that could point her toward the hiprocracy of religion…yet, he felt comfortable to share all this with me in a dark room during a procedure.

In Endoscopy, there isn’t a platform to do more than live my life the way Christ desires for me to do… quietly. The reward I get is being called “religious”…perhaps that’s a seed being planted or yeast in the dough after all.

“Be a light in the darkness”…why do we complicate our efforts with more than that?

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