yesterday i met with a student who has been involved in our ministry all year, but who does not believe in Jesus. he is really searching and seeking and trying to figure things out, but he is not candid about the fact that right now he doesn't believe...
as we began to go through some questions (tough questions) that he has been kicking around lately, i came to realize that he has basically never read the Bible before. at one point, i asked him if he was familiar with the creation account in Genesis, and he said that he had never read it.
that was a real eye opener to me...
it is almost unbelievable to me that there would be a student, who is regularly attending our ministry, who has never read the creation story. it is a reminder to me that i must try to see past my limited perspective on things and that i must realize that there are a lot of people that see things very differently than what i do.
and yet, at the same time, it is very exciting...very exciting because i believe that i am going to have an opportunity to walk this guy through his first ever reading of a bunch of really cool stuff in the Bible. and i am super excited to see what thoughts, feelings, and emotions it brings up within him. so we will see...
but i hope and pray that both he and i are changed as a result of this process...
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