So check this out....I was on my way out the door and over heard two people talking how the engineers they work for are such jerks! Of course, I had to get a piece of this conversation! When I was able to get in a word, I told them that I agreed that most engineers are jerks and that I also had first hand experience with this! I continued by saying one thing that keeps me humble about being an engineer is that I know God is the one that gave me the ability to get through the engineering program in the first place. I can't take credit for that!
Second, I was working yesterday, when I talked to a guy and his girlfriend. I asked him what kind of music he listened to and he said classic rock along with Contemporary Christian music! I told him I listened to Christian music as well and asked him some specific questions on what kind of Christian music he liked and what church he went to. I suppose that this does not technically count as sharing your faith; however, you could call this a "moral victory" since I was not embarrassed to ask him these questions and answer many of the same questions he had for me. After our conversation, I noticed that this guy and his girlfriend were talking to someone else while pointing their finger in my direction.
While I can only speculate as to what they were talking about, I am almost certain that they were saying something like....we were talking to this dude and guess what? We found out that he is a Christian! How cool is that? And most of us know that when you randomly meet people, the percentage of those people who are serious Christians is pretty low! :D
So while I am certainly not an expert at sharing my faith, I honestly hope that this is the beginning of a good change.... when I feel like saying something Christian that I would say it and not be afraid!
3 comments:
Yay, that is so awesome, Brian! I always feel excited when something like that happens to me too...even if I didn't actually share the gospel or anything, I'm still shining the light. May God continue to grow us both in this area!
It seems to me, Brian, that your identity is "Christian", not, "Engineer". Christian is WHO you are, engineering is just WHAT you do. Don't let our perception of engineers saddle you down!
Isn't it wonderful how Christ just keeps molding us and refining us to be the person he wants us to be? He is teaching me these days to rely on Him only and not my "own understanding" through this whole adoption thing. He is slowly but surely making me see that I am not in control and never was ;)
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