Almighty Chicks: Blog & Devotional

Denial of Jesus

^{John 18:17-18}   “You are not one of his disciples, are you?” the girl at the door asked Peter.
      He replied, “I am not.”

 ¹⁸It was cold, and the servants and officials stood around a fire they had made to keep warm. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.

I have to share this story with you.  We have a friend that has cancer.  When my husband told me that our friends cancer is back (which is his second go around of it), I broke down crying and told him, you have to talk to him.  Gordon knew exactly what I meant. Our friend doesn’t go to church and I really don’t think he’s a Christian, not for sure though.  Gordon and I both feel we should share the Love of Jesus with him.

The other night our friend invited Gordon over.  I had picked up some cd’s from our church to give to our friend.  These cd’s are powerful messages about the Grace of Jesus, how God knows we aren’t perfect but loves us anyways.  They aren’t condemning, just very loving.  I told Gordon “hey those cd’s are on the bookshelf” and Gordon said “oh, I’ll give them to him another time”.  Well my hubby went over to our friend’s house.  Sitting around the fire pit, the friend looks at Gordon and says “you look content watching the fire”, Gordon’s answer back was “I’m just at peace . . . .”  Instantly the thought pops in his mind of Peter standing around the fire after he denied Jesus.  Gordon comes home a little later and tells me of this, with tears in his eyes, he knows he had his opportunity and missed it.  And with tears in my eyes I tell him “I know, we’ve all done it”.

WOW!  Even now typing this, I start crying again.  We are presented with opportunities all the time to share the love of Jesus with others but due to so many different emotions at the time we don’t share.  It might be because we don’t want to look like a weirdo in front of someone, step on their toes, embarrass them, offend them, you can just keep feeling in the emotions, you know them, we all do.

Let’s flip the coin, last week a friend of mine missed church so I brought her the cd from Wednesday night service.  They are always so good you don’t want to miss one!  Took it to her at work,  sitting there was a mutual friend of ours, (GOD OPPORTUNITY), we had been telling her about our church and how it is so nice to hear the message of God’s grace and abundant love.  So with us both sharing and I had more cd’s in the car to give her,  we took advantage of the opportunity.  She came to church Sunday, been listening to those cd’s.  Monday she calls me and tells me her world has been turned upside down, in a good way.  She is seeing that God loves us soo much!  Praise God!!! 

We have opportunities all of the time to show God’s love and we don’t take advantage of them sometimes.  We are scared to at times.   But know, God loves you and sometimes even if you don’t say anything, your mannerisms and actions can speak of his love to others.  I can tell you that my husband may have missed his opportunity but the change in his life is very visible to others and although he has missed that opportunity, which he will have others with our friend, he has shared the love of Jesus with many of his other friends lately, invited them to church and everyone sees a difference in him.  He just looks happy and content now.  Thank you JESUS!  So until next time keep your head up, faith strong, and make every minute count!  Lots of Love, Amy