So...I'm jumping out of my skin to see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (don't you dare judge me! lol!). Now, when I'm not on my soapbox about this or that, I enjoy magical fantasy...vampires especially (we can debate about why a Christian such as myself would enjoy this sort of thing on another blog post). Yet oddly enough, when I first saw a trailer for this movie, I immediately dismissed it as rubbish. If I recall correctly, my exact words were, "Okay, this vampire thing has gone way too far now."
But...now I'm dying to see it! Why? Because a colleague of mine (yes, you @LexEsquire), whose opinion I greatly respect, praised it. In her opinion, it is very good. And based on that recommendation, I have gone from dismissive to definitely gonna see it.
That happens to me more often than I care to share. Solely based on the recommendation of another, and not necessarily a trusted friend/acquaintance, I get excited over something or other that I previously thought was unworthy of my time or attention. I'm sure the same thing has happened to you with a book, movie, TV Show, restaurant, hobby, etc.
On the flip-side, if there is a book or movie or new food that I am in love with, I talk about it all the time. I will even call people out of the clear blue and rave about it. My desire is to persuade my audience to feel the same way about the food, book, movie or thing as I do.
So then why is it sooo difficult to tell people about Christ? There is nothing and no one more compelling, more interesting, more worthy of word-of-mouth recommendations than Him. First of all, simply for being who He is, we ought to shout His praise from the mountaintops! Ah, but when we start to think of the goodness of Jesus and ALL He has done for us...our souls ought to cry out and we ought to stop everyone we see and recommend Him.
Now, don't mistake me for implying that we should walk the street and just sort of will-nilly bombard strangers with the gospel. That's not what I'm saying at all. But think about it. Should it be as inconvenient and hard as we sometimes make it seem?
But...now I'm dying to see it! Why? Because a colleague of mine (yes, you @LexEsquire), whose opinion I greatly respect, praised it. In her opinion, it is very good. And based on that recommendation, I have gone from dismissive to definitely gonna see it.
That happens to me more often than I care to share. Solely based on the recommendation of another, and not necessarily a trusted friend/acquaintance, I get excited over something or other that I previously thought was unworthy of my time or attention. I'm sure the same thing has happened to you with a book, movie, TV Show, restaurant, hobby, etc.
On the flip-side, if there is a book or movie or new food that I am in love with, I talk about it all the time. I will even call people out of the clear blue and rave about it. My desire is to persuade my audience to feel the same way about the food, book, movie or thing as I do.
So then why is it sooo difficult to tell people about Christ? There is nothing and no one more compelling, more interesting, more worthy of word-of-mouth recommendations than Him. First of all, simply for being who He is, we ought to shout His praise from the mountaintops! Ah, but when we start to think of the goodness of Jesus and ALL He has done for us...our souls ought to cry out and we ought to stop everyone we see and recommend Him.
Now, don't mistake me for implying that we should walk the street and just sort of will-nilly bombard strangers with the gospel. That's not what I'm saying at all. But think about it. Should it be as inconvenient and hard as we sometimes make it seem?
Lol..I don't like nothing with vampires but give me a Tyler Perry movie. I'm guilty of not sharing the gospel in more ways than one. I try to let the life I'm living speak for me. Which I know is not enough, I use my social network (fb) to encourage and uplift others on a spiritual aspect. But I know I should be doing more.
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