I have a couple of pen pals.
One is in a North Carolina prison. The other is in the Mecklenburg County jail. Both have connections to Good Shepherd.
What is most interesting about these pens pals is the speed at which they reply to a letter. It’s almost as if I receive one as soon as I send one.
Which goes to show how hungry they are for communication and support.
And I’ll confess: when I see an envelope in my in-box with either name in the return address line, my first thought is, “Not again. I’m too busy for this.”
But that’s when God steps in with a reminder: “What could be a more important use of your time than this that I’ve given you to do?”
(God usually speaks to me a sentence at a time.)
What is that God has given you to do that seems inconvenient or unproductive?
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I have felt the same way about “visits” from Jehovah’s Witnesses, but God slowly opened my eyes to the fact that they need to hear the truth, too – lovingly and clearly articulated. So we’re now meeting weekly and I must say our visits have a way of filling me with passion for the truth! I’m not sure if my comments and questions are breaking through, but the Holy Spirit is certainly getting through to me.