Have you ever felt really silly for trying to share the truth about our Lord with someone? Maybe it happened when they began to mock you or laugh at you? What about the person who tells you to “keep it to yourself,” that they “don’t want to hear it?” As painful as it may be, I think it’s safe to say millions of Christian martyrs have suffered worse for their faith. You also might find solace in knowing it’s been happening for a very long time… as long as Satan’s been blinding the eyes of people and distorting the truth. Remember, our job is to share the gospel. It’s the job of the Holy Spirit to convict the souls. These people only aim their hate at you and me, it’s our Lord and Savior they really hate. Humans have been wanting to hide their eyes from God since the beginning of time. That’s the automatic response when you want to do things your own way. For those of you who’ve been facing trials as you witness for your Lord, you may find heart in this depiction of a similar day about 2500 years ago. “They say to the seers, ‘See no more visions!’ and to the prophets, ‘Give us no more visions of what is right!’ Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting with the Holy One of Israel!’ Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: ‘Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit, this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant. It will break into pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a heart or scooping water out of a cistern.'” Isaiah 30:10-14 In Christ, PastorJimKilby @KIlbin8er Jim@JamesKilby.com