tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139228754320004379.post6249222111281369828..comments2024-01-19T13:23:36.342-08:00Comments on The Wood's Secret Garden: What makes Christ "Good News"Dianna Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114435985648046259noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139228754320004379.post-53026852490390631632008-12-02T08:03:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:03:00.000-08:00Michael,Thank you for visiting this blog and for s...Michael,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for visiting this blog and for sharing that experience. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.Dianna Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114435985648046259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139228754320004379.post-28830220826081421152008-12-01T20:03:00.000-08:002008-12-01T20:03:00.000-08:00As I walked into this little country store ,and wa...As I walked into this little country store ,and waited behind three teenagers to make a purchase , I noticed on their whiteboard menu along with the breakfast selections of the day a drawing of an angry looking dragon , and then when I looked at the lady behind the counter I noticed she was wearing a pendant of a star but I could not tell the direction the the star was pointing and thought , "What have I just walked into ." Upon approaching the counter to make my purchase I asked the lady , "Do you ever have weird thoughts ?", to which she responded , "Of course I do , I'm human ." So I proceeded to tell her of how I noticed the picture of the dragon and that I was glad to see the star on her pendant was pointed in the right direction , to which she laughed .After a few brief moments and upon making my purchase and proceeding to walk out the door , she commented ," I was born in the year of the dragon , so I am a dragon." My thought was ,"Wow , what a confession, and the Lord brought to mind the scripture EPH.2:... IN TIME PAST YE WALKED ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THE WORLD , ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR , THE SPIRIT THAT NOW WORKETH IN THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE : AMONG WHOM WE ALL HAD OUR CONVERSATION IN TIMES PAST IN THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH , FULFILLING THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH AND OF THE MIND ; AND WERE BY NATURE THE CHILDREN OF WRATH , EVEN AS OTHERS . I am for certain she was blinded to the reality of the confession she made , and of her need for the Saviour , and I found myself praying for her as I drove away and that the Lord would open to me a door of opportunity to share the Gospel . Her confession was a reality of the condition of all mankind apart from Christ and of my own condition until the mercy of God revealed to me my need of Him and of His provision of grace for me to believe in THE CHRIST WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR MY SINS .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com