Extraordinary Faith for Everyday Life
i bared my soul
made you known
to someone lost
without a home
they say it’s right
what should be done
but who would know
i’d feel so alone
did i lose a friend
for the sake of you
though it may hurt
i’m willing for you
be with him
as he hears your voice
draw him close
to make a choice
and be with me
be my friend
when i have none
and always, amen
I’m literally sick to my stomach this morning. It all goes back to a friend I sent a letter to Friday basically laying out the gospel inviting him to accept Christ. I did, maybe naively, through email. And he hasn’t emailed me back. And although I don’t require an “answer” to whether he might accept Christ or not, I would like to know if I’ve lost a friend. Because that would really suck. And I would miss him greatly. Because one of the main reasons I’ve been thinking about talking to him at all is the thought that I may spend eternity in heaven without him. And he’s really that much of a good friend. That I would miss him for eternity. And I couldn’t live with knowing that I had the invitation in my hand and hadn’t given it to him. And really honestly, I didn’t want to write the letter to him at all but the Holy Spirit prodded me until I could do nothing else except write it and send it. And yet, knowing the Holy Spirit moved me to do it, I still wonder if it was the right thing. Because knowing I still might have lost him for eternity sucks even more. So please pray for peace for me and a calm stomach and for him. That whether he accepts now or in twenty years or never that he knows that I love him as a friend and I don’t want to lose that friendship.