hm..

Well.. I have a friend named alanna and she isnt saved but she is very open to the Bible. And everytime i talk to her about the Bible she agrees with every word i say! But then the next day she just like forgets about it like we never even had that talk. And then when i comfront her about it she just says " well i've been catholic for 13 years and i dont want all of that to go to waist " So it just gets me so sad.. So do you think i should just put it in God's hands now? Because i dont want to be to pushy about it either.. I'm just so confused.... =/

[Damaris]

You can probably predict my first answer...pray about it. =) Don't get offended when I answer your question as to putting her in God's hands.....because my answer is you should have already put her in God's hands. =) If she's open to the bible, keep talking to her about it.

About being pushy...I'm kind of answering this from your other thread too...one thing you can do is ask her "ok, be honest with me. Am I being pushy?" Your friend will probably really respect you for being sensitive about that, and if she responds with a yes, then ask her what you can do and what you shouldn't. A friendship without honesty is like a lake without fish....what's the point in spending time fishing there?

Another thing is that love never fails. In 1 Corinthians 13 it has a good description of what love is and what love isn't. If what you are doing is out of love, then it will NOT fail. Again, when it lists the fruits of the Spirit, (Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) it then says "Against such thing there is no law." If what you are doing is keeping with those, you can be sure you are doing the right thing.

The last thing I wanted to point out is that golden rule: Do to others what you would have them do to you. If you were in your friend's shoes and thinking her thoughts and seeing things from her eyes, would you want her to do what you're doing to her? And again, not everyone wants the same thing, but that's a good place to start.

Don't forget what I said about honesty. If you are concerned for her salvation, if I were you, I would call her up and say "There's something I want to talk about, could I treat you to lunch tomarrow?" and then I would say something along the lines of: "I'm going to be completely honest here, and I ask that you would be the ame to me. Lately I've been really concerned about you. This is why........(explain why).....I don't want to be pushy or anything, so if I'm ever in your face aobut this or you just don't want to talk about this, will you let me know? I really want to be friends with you regardless, but this is a concern of mine and I think you should know."

Lol, sorry for the long post, I got a little carried away.

wow. Thank you so much! I can't thank you enough!!! What you just posted answered all of my questions

[MyJoyOverflows]

Originally Posted by Damaris

You can probably predict my first answer...pray about it. =) Don't get offended when I answer your question as to putting her in God's hands.....because my answer is you should have already put her in God's hands. =) If she's open to the bible, keep talking to her about it.

About being pushy...I'm kind of answering this from your other thread too...one thing you can do is ask her "ok, be honest with me. Am I being pushy?" Your friend will probably really respect you for being sensitive about that, and if she responds with a yes, then ask her what you can do and what you shouldn't. A friendship without honesty is like a lake without fish....what's the point in spending time fishing there?

Another thing is that love never fails. In 1 Corinthians 13 it has a good description of what love is and what love isn't. If what you are doing is out of love, then it will NOT fail. Again, when it lists the fruits of the Spirit, (Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) it then says "Against such thing there is no law." If what you are doing is keeping with those, you can be sure you are doing the right thing.

The last thing I wanted to point out is that golden rule: Do to others what you would have them do to you. If you were in your friend's shoes and thinking her thoughts and seeing things from her eyes, would you want her to do what you're doing to her? And again, not everyone wants the same thing, but that's a good place to start.

Don't forget what I said about honesty. If you are concerned for her salvation, if I were you, I would call her up and say "There's something I want to talk about, could I treat you to lunch tomarrow?" and then I would say something along the lines of: "I'm going to be completely honest here, and I ask that you would be the ame to me. Lately I've been really concerned about you. This is why........(explain why).....I don't want to be pushy or anything, so if I'm ever in your face aobut this or you just don't want to talk about this, will you let me know? I really want to be friends with you regardless, but this is a concern of mine and I think you should know."

Lol, sorry for the long post, I got a little carried away.

beautifully said!!! Thank you for posting this!!