August 31. Sat out again this morning to have breakfast and to have quiet time while enjoying the fresh, cool morning air. When Connie was out there with me, an older man (whom we shall call "D") came by with his golf club cane and stopped and talked with us. He had just had heart surgery and had stents put in his heart. He asked us what religion we are. “Are you Mormon?” “No, we go to a Baptist church, but the most important thing is whether a person knows Jesus Christ as his Saviour or not.” “I have a new heart, you know. (speaking of his physical heart on which he just had surgery.) You should come to my church. I go to the _______ Church. I can get beer and smoke cigarettes there.” “The most important thing, however, is to know Jesus Christ and be sure that you are ready when He comes again.” “(Gruffly) I don’t want to hear about that. Well, I’m going up the road to my church to get something to eat. You all have a beautiful day. You all are beautiful. My nurses are beautiful too.” And he was off. Another soul for whom Christ died, a soul that needs to see that God loves him and that he is lost and on his way to a Christless eternity. We trust there will be another opportunity. After that, Daddy and I went for our morning walk - down to Save-a-Lot and back. When we got back, we taped up the box of tracts for PNG, and Daddy called to see if JAARS has a shipment going to PNG soon. Praise the Lord, there will be one going later this year, and items for shipment must be there by September 23. They told us how to label the box, and we’ll have FedEx send it out to Waxhaw. (We actually ended up taking it ourselves.) Daddy went off to buy stamps, photos at Walgreens, and a few items at Aldi. I wrote a couple e-mails and thank-you notes. Got the shopping list ready for tomorrow. This afternoon, I printed out the shopping list; Daddy and I finished checking Luke chapter 6; and I cut Daddy’s hair. Made sure I had supper early and did the dishes right after supper so I could get ready for church. Thankfully, there weren’t as many dishes as last night, although there were quite a few pots and pans. In the meeting this evening, Pastor Ogle started teaching on Genesis chapter 49, Jacob’s last will and testament. He plans to complete the teaching next Wednesday. “19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: 20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, 21Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:19-21 Serving the Lord involves humility, tears, and trials. We must teach the disciples to observe all that Christ has commanded, and not only teach them, but show them how to obey the commands. Teaching can be done publicly and from house to house. And as witnesses for Christ to the world, we must teach repentance and faith.
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