Lent Wk 3

Living the witness of Christ sacrifice

It is scary thing to talk about Christ to those who don’t know Him. I like how Donald Miller shared this angst of witnessing in his book, Blue Like Jazz. He said, “I believe in Jesus, I believe he’s the Son of God; but every time I try to sit down and explain it to them, I feel like a palm reader.”
So how do we reconcile Christ’s declaration for us to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth?
We feel guilty about our failure to share the witness of our story of following Christ yet are relieved at not sounding like a palm reader
Consider a different approach. Jesus also said that we would be known and defined by our love for others (John 13:34, 35).
When we have exhausted St. Francis of Assisi’s counsel, to “preach the gospel at all times and use words if necessary” it may be then that we are in a position to let conversations of faith and Christ begin naturally as a result of open, honest, and authentic relationships.

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