God in action

Recently my elder sister (grace) and my maternal grandmother went to Russia for holiday. Things went fine till like yesterday after church service. i got an sms from my sis telling me to call her, emergency. So i rang her and found out that my grandma had found her bible in her bag. And she was scared and crying.

Here's a lil background on granny: Shes like an anti-christ at home, shes getting old and its pretty scary sometimes being wif her (poor grace). Shes buddhist and wants us all to go to the same place as her when we all die(erm, hell?) so she prays for us at temples alot etc... my mum tells me to NEVER reveal we're christian to her.
So for months we've hidden the truth from her and even lied to her when it seemed the only easy way out.

Well, ytd she found out. And my initial reaction was: 'S***, we're so dead.' but after a while i realize that it has happened for a reason. It was God's doing. Confused? Jesus' final command to Christans before He ascended was to spread the gospel like wildfire. Because of my family's circumstances, we have failed to do that -to tell the truth to my grandma, a lost dying soul on her way to the Devil's lair. I have reasoned with God that she'll never believe me and because i knew of her previous experience with the catholic church and because when her ex-buddhist fren hu recently accepted christ talked to her about Jesus, she totally rejected her fren and cut off relations with her. blah blah blah, wally. So i guess we siblings thought the same thing and nothing happened at all. until now. God let it happen because it's in His great plan.

Now, it's kinda embarrasing that we christians have to run and hide behind a rock and let out Heavenly Father settle the problem for us. Especially since He told us to do it in the first place. Weak as we are, we have to trust in the Lord no matter our abilities. Obeying God's commands is good for us because it's thru all these things that we grow spiritually and not become stagnant. I became stagnant as a result of my fear of man. Mere man.

When God takes action, its a good and bad thing(this is my view, God works with our best interests at heart). Why? Its good because action has been taken to get us to get off our butts and do something. Its bad because it comes at the most inconvenient, most unexpected time. We are not in the right mode or mood and are often very unprepared for it, since we have shut off our hearts from the matter in the first place.

Right now, my sister's faith is being tested and i can only pray for her now. They will be back on thursday and we most prolly will get screwed. But i don't care, for now i know my future rests in the Lord, that He will protect us in whatever test He puts us thru, Amen. Soon both my parents and elder sister will go to Australia for a month. Lil sis and i will be left with grandma. (see the inconvenience and stress this has caused?)That, i believe is when lil sis and i will be tested.

i hope this article has blessed the reader. if ur an unbeliever, thats wad Christianity is all about. Suffering for the one who has given His life for us. To the christians, let this be a challenge to step outta the comfort zones and boldly tell those around us we are Christian and why.