My friend, Alice, had a very infectious cold and was not able to join me on a particular Saturday when I went to an interesting inspiring meeting about a missionary society we both support. As I left the meeting I was buzzing and couldn’t wait to tell her abut it and share my exciting day. At the end of my phone call to her she said ‘Thank you so much for sharing your day with me. It’s made me feel a lot better.’
I later leaned that she had phoned another friend who was looking after her mother with dementia. The call Alice had made was a great encouragement to her own friend. The mother-caring-friend was encouraged and uplifted for a while from her very difficult situation.
We have many opportunities to share with others our good news and the Good News. By doing so we are sharing the love of God. Their lives could be blessed for an afternoon or for eternity. Sadly our Good News news is not always welcome to others. We need to ask God for opportunities to speak to others. I think of another friend whose life is crippled by anxiety and of another whose life is in the grip of drug addiction. The news of salvation is too good to keep to ourselves. We need to shout it from the rooftops and tell the whole world. Maybe, I could just start with my new neighbour. We ask God to prepare the hearts of our listeners.