Christians are supposed to be doing something other than just sitting around and soaking up God's blessings.  We are called to spread the story of Jesus to a world that is wandering around in a fog of ignorance concerning God.  Many have convinced themselves that there is no God--until they are in a crisis, and then, they want a God they don't believe in to bail them out.  They don't know Him.  They don't know how to contact Him.  They are lost.  And we have the knowledge they need.

The good news is that we were created by a God who loves us and created us for fellowship with Him.  And even though we don't deserve it, he keeps trying to get through the fog and reach us before it is too late.  People need to hear that.  They need to know that God wants them for His own.  They need to realize that they have to make a choice to seek God.

And here is the thing we Christians should be doing:  Finding new ways to meet new people, get to know them and eventually (if not sooner) tell them that God loves them.  Tell them about how you came to know Him.  What He has done in your life.  And telling a person that the weight of past mistakes has been wiped out by Jesus.  Tell them what He did for them, and why.

We Christians need to set our priorities in order.  Get out of the rut of running with Christians all the time and make new acquaintances.  Branch out.  People are out there who need what you know.

My next door neighbor did something yesterday that is an example of what I am talking about.  She and her husband invited a group of people to dinner--people who had recently lost their mates.  It was really nice.  Come to find out, one of the women had a son who had been in a math class I taught at NEO A&M College more than thirty-five years ago.  It was a fluke that I remembered him--I had close to 500 students every year for almost 20 years.  She didn't know me. I didn't know her.  We would never have met if my neighbor hadn't gone to the trouble to put a group of strangers together for dinner.  There were six people there that I would never have met.

And I said to myself, "Janie, you can do that.  Throw a pot luck dinner for the neighborhood.  Have a brunch for some of the people on the block. "  Yep.  I could do that.  And even though you won't connect with everyone, you may connect with one.  You may be God's plan for telling that one.