Comments on: People Might Think You Are Crazy http://www.sea2sea.ca/mike/2009/11/people-might-think-you-are-crazy/ Iron Sharpens Iron Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:25:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: abc@abc.com http://www.sea2sea.ca/mike/2009/11/people-might-think-you-are-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-105 abc@abc.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:38:17 +0000 http://www.sea2sea.ca/mike/?p=155#comment-105 Do I worry about what others think of me? That's a loaded question. My immediate answer is "no". For as Romans says "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes". Then I think about how nervous I was to tell my boss that I had been praying for her and her family as they went through a significant trial. And how many times I lean on the "lifestyle evangelism" approach when I'm too afraid to speak in words the truth of the hope I have in Christ. Then I think about the the misunderstanding that the world has of my faith and how the misconception could drive them from the Gospel. If they think I'm crazy, that may keep them from seriously considering what I profess to be true. That would be awful. So... in retrospect, I do worry about what people think of me. I know I shouldn't, so it's definitely an area to continue to work on! TP Do I worry about what others think of me? That’s a loaded question. My immediate answer is “no”. For as Romans says “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes”. Then I think about how nervous I was to tell my boss that I had been praying for her and her family as they went through a significant trial. And how many times I lean on the “lifestyle evangelism” approach when I’m too afraid to speak in words the truth of the hope I have in Christ.

Then I think about the the misunderstanding that the world has of my faith and how the misconception could drive them from the Gospel. If they think I’m crazy, that may keep them from seriously considering what I profess to be true. That would be awful.

So… in retrospect, I do worry about what people think of me. I know I shouldn’t, so it’s definitely an area to continue to work on!

TP

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