I'm Gonna Cross That Line..♥

I've come to find that when I don't know how to start something when I'm writing about it, is when I'd much rather live it out instead of writing about it... Writing about it is so much easier though, but no excuses. I don't know where this is going to go by the end of it, but I hope that you get the point that it's time we cross that invisible line that keeps us from reaching out to those who are in desperate need of knowing that someone cares about them and that they're not just a face in the crowd, but that they're someone who is loved beyond what they can understand... When you see people, do you ever think "What are they feeling?" , "God, do they know you?" , "Do they see you?", "Are they hurting?" , "Are they mad at you, God?" , "Where are they going to spend enternity?" I pray your heart is breaking for those who desperately need that personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

...and this is normally the point at which I start to get a little frustrated. I really want to make it clear that people desperately need Jesus. I'm tired of that invisible line keeping me from doing what God's called me and every single christian out there to do... to reach out to people. Whether you're gifted in it or not, Jesus said to do it. it's time we listen up and do as He says.

... and this is the part where I'm feeling like no one's going to get it.. but I know someone will. I think? ugh. but I'm trying to find something on Facebook, or possibly I saved it to my computer (which isn't likely) but it goes along with this so well. Because I don't want to just talk about the importance of doing what Jesus said for us to do, but I want to live it out...

I want to share a story from my life that happened in October of 2010. (It happened two years to the very date that I gave my life to Jesus.. :) ) I hope I find it... cause I loved the feeling of reaching out to someone that everyone else was just ignoring and passing them off as people who were just going to use the money they recieved to go and buy drugs, or alcohol (sp?)... it's frustrating when people do that. But I know that we should reach out and not freak out.

Okay, so I found it.. but it's really long. So, instead of making this one super long, I'll just tell you that by clicking here you can go read the story :) Please read the story (:

I remember that day like it was yesterday... I'll be honest, reaching out isn't easy. We make excuses to avoid doing it... "What if they won't listen to me?" , "They're going to hate me for bringing this Jesus up." , "I won't be cool anymore.." , or "I shouldn't do this, someone else can. I'm not qualified enough to talk about Him." Those things go through my mind alot, but on that day, in October, I went out of my way to reach out to someone who needed it... I didn't care if everyone else hated it, or if it made me uncool. But I wasn't afraid of it... I didn't let myself freak out. That invisible line seems to be powerful... we're not supposed to cross it, and if we do, we're uncool for it and we may lose friends over it.

I'm refusing to be silent about Jesus. He died to save me... He took my place and yours. He loves us. He died to prove it. He went through a painful death to set us free... He's just far too great to keep quiet. I know we're putting alot at risk for Jesus, but what are you willing to risk to rescue your friends from an eternity away from God?

and yes, i'm hoping you read the story, because you've been challenged... if you read it, you know what I mean. :) and I'm challenging myself to take it too..

This may not have been my greatest blog post, but I hope you got the point (:
Reach out. Don't freak out.


"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." - Matthew 9:36


"Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”" - Matthew 28:18-20


"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” - Luke 19:10


Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7♥


"Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child." But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD. Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth." Jeremiah 1:6-9


"Free grace can go into the gutter, and bring up a jewel!" - Charles Spurgeon.


"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." - Spurgeon.


"A church in the land without the Spirit is rather a curse than a blessing. If you have not the Spirit of God, Christian worker, remember that you stand in somebody else's way; you are a fruitless tree standing where a fruitful tree might grow." - Spurgeon.


"Shall I give you yet another reason why you should pray? I have preached my very heart out. I could not say any more than I have said. Will not your prayers accomplish that which my preaching fails to do? Is it not likely that the Church has been putting forth its preaching hand but not its praying hand? Oh dear friends! Let us agonize in prayer." - Spurgeon.