Answers

“Why did God choose Mary?”  “Do you believe in evil spirits?”  “Why do we confess to priests and not to God?”  These are a few of the deep questions my readers have asked me within the last week.  After answering to the best of my ability, I encouraged my readers not to take my opinion as their own, but to seek answers within God’s Word.  I really love the discussions I have had with my readers thus far!  Through them, I feel like both the reader and myself grow in knowledge.  One of my new readers, Vergian, loves to ask questions.  He comes up with new thought-provoking questions each session.  I recall that the first question he asked me was, “what is God’s purpose for us?”  I liked him from the start and welcomed the buckets of further questions he presented.  I am eager to see how God works through each discussion as our sessions continue.

On Tuesday night, Wayne came to Brittiny, Kendra, and I with a big smile on his face and a twinkle in each eye.  “I just finished a two hour Bible study with Meyet, and I have news,” he said.  I smiled, internally guessing what the news was.  “Meyet has chosen to be baptized,” Wayne said joyfully.  My spirit began to rejoice!  Meyet-whom I had often spoken with and grown to care for, and who had completed every lesson in the Luke workbook out of a desire to do so-had decided to welcome God into her life.  Wayne excitedly told us about the Bible study and about Meyet’s eagerness to be baptized.  So the next morning we gathered once again beside the ocean to sing, pray, share encouraging words, and witness Meyet as she became a part of God’s family.  “I want God to be inside of me when I go to Singapore,” Meyet said before being baptized (she was planning on moving to Singapore only days later).  After her sins were washed away, Meyet said, “Now I can share with others!”  Meyet’s excitement regarding her baptism was contagious and made my day one of the best ones yet.  Please keep Meyet in your prayers as she shares the Word of God in Singapore.

“I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” –Luke 15:7