Faith

I have a friend who has been weighing heavily on my mind and heart now for some time. In January I had an amazing opportunity sit down with this person and share my testimony of faith in Christ. I knew well before that time this friend has some serious questions about Christ and God and I had been waiting and praying for a while that the Lord would open a door for someone to share their faith. I was blessed one night to find myself given that opportunity and the conversation we had that night was both amazing and a little sad because I know there are so many questions that are still not answered for this dear friend of mine.

The neatest thing about this conversation was that it left me wanting to be able to answer all of those endless questions more academically. I talked to a family member who I often go to when I have faith based questions and she quickly gave me a reading list for the next year. What I have found is a piece of myself that yearns to study and understand not only Christ but the history, geography, etc that was surrounding him during his life. I had no idea how many secular references there were of Him, His birth, His death, His life from scholars and historians of His time. It simply amazes me and leaves me wanting more!

During the conversation my friend commented to me something to the effect that they hoped the question they were about to ask wouldn't shake my faith. I immediately responded to ask away. I remember stating that although I don't know the answer to every question I was alright with that. I admitted that when it came to Jesus I was secure in Him even if I didn't have all the answers. And though until that point I had hoped to give this friend a significant insight in to their own heart, I think instead they gave me one. They showed me more about my faith and encouraged to me to dig deeper in to my quest for Him, to understand and know Him, to love and honor Him, and to have a life and heart that chase after Him. I thank them and pray daily that Christ will reveal himself more thoroughly than I had ever prayed He would in their life!