One blessing from The Lord came today through a conversation with a man named Sean at the British Library. Sean is a British man in his early thirties, single, works in the postal service, and he desperately needs Jesus. Our prayer was for The Lord to give us eyes to see someone who we might engage in a conversation with. Maybe we would serve as an encouragement for a believer, have small talk, or be able to share the beauty of the gospel! Madison and I had the opportunity to first pray for our teammates, Amy and Macy, as they engaged in a conversation with a man named Marco from Estonia, and as we walked away we saw Sean sitting in a crowded study area yet he had a small space open beside him so we decided that it must have been saved for us! :) The Lord had prepared the way and we quickly entered into a conversation with Sean and he welcomed the company. The weather, family, jobs and hobbies made up the beginning of our time but thankfully The Lord opened up an opportunity to engage in a spiritual conversation.
How I wish there was time to walk through all of the hour and a half conversation but I will give you a snapshot of our time. While Sean believes the world was created he most definitely does not believe that God is the creator because He isn't a woman and most certainly a man did not come up with such intimate, detailed designs and then have such care for His creation. I chuckled! Sean also believes man is to blame for everything that is wrong in the world but certainly a perfect God would not allow such horrific injustice to occur. He knows we are all looking for satisfaction and trying to fill a void in our life but thinks the answer is love, money, cars, job and a family. He sees that we had a happiness that he clearly does not have but doesn't know how to get it. He knows we have faith in the unseen but does not like the thought of trusting in anything that is not tangible. He even realizes that he always finds himself in spiritual conversations but seems them as simply interesting. He told us that he feels like a foreigner in his own country because he just doesn't belong here. I wanted to just hug him and tell him he is so correct! He isn't made for this world. This is not our home! While i wanted to jump up and down to say this I refrained and we listened, prayed for The Lord to gently speak through us and tried to point him to Christ! It is in Christ that his deepest longing for satisfaction will come! We left Sean with the truth that God loves Him and a Bible to take home and read! We will also connect him with a believer in London who can continue investing. It is always hard to leave but we know the Lord goes with him and loves Sean more than we can imagine! Our prayers will continue for Sean and how we long to one day call him a brother in Christ! Sean's last words to us were to not be discouraged by how others react to what we believe and know is Truth! He said he may never believe but do not stop telling people. Incredible... Such wisdom spoken from a man who does not even believe in the gospel. It was a sweet reminder however that we know The Truth, anytime the gospel is shared God is glorified and our obedience to boldly share Christ should not be determined by others response but out of our desire to bring glory to God!
Please continue praying for strength, unity and joy for our team! Pray for more opportunities to engage in spiritual conversations, for The Lord to remove scales from the eyes of those who do not known Him and that in all we do The Lord might be glorified!
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