The Light in the Dark

 God has been placing a burden on my heart for the church I attend here in Haiti. I watch all the men running the services, and I know what good Christian men they are. They want to serve the Lord. They love God very much, but they are missing something. In our church they never have alter calls. I have never seen anyone accept Jesus into their life. I have never seen anyone baptized. They have no desire to evangelize. Aren’t we as Christians called to serve others? Aren’t we required to love our neighbors? I believe the greatest way to express that love is by sharing our faith. If I truly love my neighbor how can I sit back and watch them live a life absent from God? I know the joy Christ has given me because I serve him. What kind of person would I be if I did not explain to other people how they can feel that same joy? This is what I want my Haitian church to understand. They are more concerned with religious ceremony then with reaching the lost.  There are so many people in Haiti searching for hope. We have the answer. What a horrible sin that would be if we spent our lives keeping that knowledge to ourselves.

I am a woman, and God has been trying to teach me about humility, meekness, and submission. Most of the woman in the Bible that are praised had quiet gentle spirits. This is what I desire to have. Nothing will get done if I parade around the church pointing my finger at people and barking orders. My goal is to make simple suggestions in casual conversations. I’ve become very close with the men that help Pastor our church and I spend a lot of time talking to them.  They always enjoy talking about God and the Bible so it will be easy to bring up the subject of our church. Maybe somehow I can at least make suggestions that will cause them to reconsider their methods. I just want to open there eyes and see the people around them. They have lived in Haiti their entire lives so they do not see the need here as I do. This is just the way the world is to them. Suffering is a part of life. I have to teach them that the only way they will see change is if we change people’s hearts. And the only way we can change people’s hearts is if we teach them about Jesus. There is no other way accept through Jesus. He is a light in the dark…..