The Harsh Reality

I told my children about abortion this morning. And I cried. Not a tear or two running down my cheek, but sobs. Not only for the grief of abortion, but for the sadness I feel of having to introduce my children to the reality of our world. Oh the grief!

I've sheltered them this long. I don't want them to know the depravity of our culture. I want them to think that the whole world is like their world - God, family, church, love, safety, happiness......

But it's not. Not. NOT.

 I read to them about Billy Sunday in school. What an incredible story! He preached to  millions of people about Jesus. So many were saved that whole towns improved! Communities got better because people met Jesus. 40,000 people were turned away from one meeting because there wasn't enough room for them. 40,000!!!

I told them that we needed to pray that God would raise up another man like Billy Sunday to preach salvation to America. Because if millions get saved, America will change. They wanted to know what was wrong with America. In my children's America, everything is fine.

But it's not fine. And they need to know. If you don't know what's wrong, you don't know why you need Jesus.

So I picked one thing. I told them about abortion, and about the babies who die every day. And I cried. And cried. And cried.

We got on our knees and prayed. Prayed for this America that I love so much. And God convicted my heart. It doesn't just take an evangelist to change a nation. It takes ordinary people like me taking everyday opportunities to share an extraordinary Jesus with the people in my ordinary community. That will change America too.

Here's what I can do:

Give out tracts and Bibles (You can never go wrong with God's Word.)
Volunteer at church, pregnancy resource centers, adoption coalitions, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, missions, evangelistic events, etc.
Reach out to my neighbors
Have time for people (this is hard in our ever busier lives)
Invite people to church
Pray for salvation, God's mercy, and for the repentance of America

 "If God be for us, who can be against us?"