Still learning from mom...

I got a call from my mom yesterday. She had an MRI yesterday to check out what was going on with her back. After asking her how bad it hurt to have the dye injected, she told me about what she'd said to the people as they were preparing her (I guess they were nurses, med-techs or something). I've been thinking about that this morning and that I'd share it with you.

My mom's been going through a really neat spiritual transformation as she's been studying the book of Daniel with some other ladies from her church. And I've seen her taking chances like the one yesterday (ok, not seeing...hearing about them) more often than before. She told them that when it comes to pain and suffering she is trying to learn to always think about what Jesus did for us on the cross...the amount of pain and suffering he went through and how what she was about to face paled in comparison to what he did for her when he died.

It's not easy to talk to people about spiritual things, at least for me. Especially here we're always wondering about how people will respond, whether they'll question our denominational affiliation (it happens...many times people are done when they find out you're not a catholic), or whether we'll ruin future opportunities with a person by sharing something too quickly. Obviously there is a balance that we seek all the time, tempered by past experience, looking to the Holy Spirit for guidance, and getting to know people through relationships with them.

But it's hard to beat plain 'ole bold sharing. What mom said was not confrontational but it was certainly plain truth that undoubtedly made those people at least take pause and consider what she'd said. That's what we all need to be doing. And I just appreciate the example she gave me to think about today.

Thanks mom for your commitment to Christ and the example you are to me in that!