Every morning this week we have divided into two groups to share the gospel with patients in the medical clinics. How it works is that after the patients are brought into the room and are waiting for the doctor to arrive, we enter the room as Spiritual Health Advisors because "here at Christ Community we care about your spiritual and emotional health as well as your physical". We ask them to rate their spiritual health as a transition into how they view God, and then hopefully a door to share Christ will present itself. It has been amazing to walk into the rooms and watch people open up and share about their lives, as well as an incredible experience to share truth of the bible with people. Plus I have sort of been forced into gaining confidence in evangelism with complete strangers, something I have not well practiced in at all.
Just a few thoughts of what I have taken away from these crazy, packed experiences...
-Everyone has a story to tell, and so many people are hungry for someone to sit and listen to their hurt and pain. We are all human, we are all broken, and pain is pain no matter what color you are, where you grew up, or what you believe. I am learning compassion.
-Allowing the Holy Spirit to lead your speech in sharing the gospel with people is essential. I really have no idea what that means in practice, but I have watched others who have shared with 100's of patients and I can see the compassion in their eyes and the truth spoken as the Holy Spirit leads them. There is something special about the way they interact with people that I have never seen before. Bathe it all in prayer.
-There is such a great need for the gospel to be spread in the city of Memphis. I see trends of people saying spirituality is going church and doing good things. Works based salvation is very common theme to see with the patients.Then again, I degrade the cross to what I do and do not do far too often myself.
-And finally? I can't. I can't say the right things, I can't be compassionate enough, I can't share the gospel clear enough, and I can't relate to people's stories well enough. I can't.
God is so good, and I am so thankful for the chance to be here.
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