Cool Story

We had a girls night the other night, and one of the freshmen that is really involved in Cardinal Life came and brought a friend named Katie, who is not a believer, from her dorm. We baked, played games, and had a fun time together. As Katie was leaving, she told my friend Jessica, whose house we were at, that this was the most fun she had ever had and was so excited to meet this group of girls. She came to Cross Training two nights later with her friend, and when I came up to her afterwards, she was literally glowing and talking a mile a minute. "I am just so excited to have found this community! I have never met people like this, and I just feel so loved and filled with joy being here! I think I am a Christian but I don't really know. I am just really excited I found this group." I was obviously very happy to hear her saying these things, so I asked her if she would like to meet sometime one on one because I was pretty sure she was not a believer, but it was obvious the Lord was moving. She emphatically said yes. So we met a few days ago, and the first few minutes of our meeting were classic and roughly went like this:



Me: "So can you tell me a little about your spiritual journey and where you feel like you are at?"
Katie: "There is not much to tell. I did not grow up going to church and I don't really know where I am at. I think I am a Christian though."
Me: "So do you feel like you know what it means to be a Christian?"
Katie: "No...not really."
Me: "Do you believe in God?"
Katie: "Umm, I think so, but I definitely have some doubts."
Me: "Do you know what you think about the person of Jesus?"
Katie: "(with a funny look on her face as if the question was fairly odd) Umm, I don't know...I have never thought about that."

I giggled inside because despite her answers, I knew that the Lord had appointed this meeting and that he was working in her heart. I asked her if she would like for me to share a little of my story and what it means to be a Christian with her, to which she very enthusiastically said yes. We proceeded to talk for about two hours. I shared the overall Christian story, some basic apologetics about the existence of God and Jesus being who he said he is, the basics of the gospel and salvation, etc. She sat on the edge of her seat, clearly soaking it all in. At the end of our conversation she said, "WOW! This was so amazing to learn all of this stuff. I am so excited to keep meeting with you and learning about Jesus and what it means to follow Him." To which I laughed and said, "this might have been more than you bargained for huh?:)" I gave her a few things to read in More than a Carpenter and the Reason for God, and we are going to meet again soon. I can't wait to see how her life is changed. I pray that she will embrace all of the things we talked about, give her life to Christ, come to find new hope and life in Him, and have her eternal destiny forever changed. Man I love my job:)!!