GOD CARES ABOUT EACH
INDIVIDUAL PERSON
Some may think that
because I’m a dedicated Christian, I’m against homosexuals, but that’s not
true. In 1984 God sent Jane and me all the way to Johannesburg South Africa for
two reasons. One reason was that He loved each of us enough to get us far away
from the trauma going on in our Church group. But the second reason was to get one
gay guy, Neville, born again into God’s kingdom. We didn’t go to convince him
to renounce or condemn homosexuality, but rather, to embrace the Lord Jesus
Christ. And he did. After being friends for four years, Neville got into some
trouble and called me. We talked, and he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
Consequently, he became aware of the things God was doing in his life, and he always
liked telling me how God was blessing him. A few years back, Neville died of
complications from aids, but we look forward to seeing him in glory.
God loves everyone and
wants everyone to accept the gift of His son Jesus Christ. He will go to
extremes to reach anyone who looks for Him. God sent a beautiful Chinese woman
in the tourist trade, all the way from Shanghai China to Las Vegas to meet Jane
and me. Dinah had a degree in Hotel and Hospitality and came to the University here
for a semester, to learn about how American hotels were managed. Her hostess at
the University had an emergency and was hospitalized, so Jane stepped in to
help. It was during the Christmas season so we asked if Dinah would like to go
to a Children’s Christmas program at a local church.
She told us there were
many different kinds of church buildings in Shanghai so that tourists would see
them. But no one went to them. So when Dinah went into the church with us to
see the program, she was astounded to see all the people. The children’s
program was beautiful and inspirational. Dinah told us she wanted to get to
know Jesus, and she accepted Him as her Lord and Savior that day. Shortly after,
she returned to China to share her new-found faith with her family.
God will go to any extreme
to reach His children. Jesus told this parable:
“How
think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth
he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh
that which is gone astray?
“And
if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that
sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
“Even
so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish” (Matt.
18:12-14).
We don’t have to run all over the place, preaching, unless the
Lord is calling us individually to do it. We live our lives every day the best
we can and then God brings the preacher and sheep together the way He sees fit.
God took Jane and me to South Africa to find one guy, Neville; God
brought one Chinese woman to Las Vegas to meet us and go to the Children’s
program to get born again.
The Word of God says that anyone who is seeking Him with their
heart will find Him. If you’re willing, He just may lead you to them, or them
to you.
Love, Carolyn
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