THE NARROW AND WIDE GATES

Mt 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Mt 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

On Tuesday, I was out for a walk. I met a woman from Romania. It was one of those times where I passed by this lady a couple of times, and I knew we were to have a divine appointment. She started speaking to me about a certain kind of tree that was at that park. I could tell by her accent that she was not from around here. We walked and talked for over an hour. After speaking with her only a little bit, I realized that she was very much into new age teachings. I could also tell that she was very scorned from religion. I was carrying my Bible of course, because that is when I do my daily reading. When she mentioned that she was from Romania, I let her know that for some reason, I feel like I am going to end up there someday, and that I will be there for a missionary type purpose, possibly teaching the Bible to people that live there. She gave me a look and said, I mean no disrespect to you but what kind of education do you have? I said, oh I only graduated from high school, but I am quite sure that I will be equipped for whatever it is I will be teaching. I don't need a certificate to discern the Word of God, or to teach it, I learn straight from God. She shook her head and let me know that I may as well forget the thought of that, because the people there are very intelligent. As we walked around, she began to give me a short history lesson of things that she has learned. She would ask me a question, and if I did not know the answer, she would let me know with accent, see you know nutting, and won't be able to teach these people. She also let me know that the Bible is only one narrow teaching, and that there were so many teachings available out there. Now don't get me wrong, the lady was adorable in her own way. I could tell underneath the comments towards me, she was a person that had been hurt by religious people in her past. She proceeded to name off a bunch of new age teachers, half of which I knew of, and for that reason, I was able to relate some Biblical teachings that basically have the same message. Not very many, because it seemed she really wanted to do most of the talking, so I listened. as she spoke of her new age learning's, something sparkling on the ground caught my eye. I bent down to pick it up:



WOW!!! I showed her what it was and she was silent for a second, I could tell the wheels were turning. What are the odds? It is funny to me that she had spoken to me about the narrow views of the Bible. There was the cross laying on the narrow path to life (analogy).

It started to get cold out so, she had to leave. She let me know that her knee was bothering her because of a car accident. I asked her if she would be OK if I prayed over her knee? She was more than happy to receive this prayer of healing. We sat on the bench and I said a prayer for Jesus to heal her knee, her heart, and to provide wisdom. She let me know that she usually will not speak to anyone about her beliefs, but that she felt it was OK with me. She told me how nice it was to meet me, I told her the same, gave her a hug and told her that maybe I would see her again sometime.

My point is that I feel the most important witness we can make to anyone is to simply hear them out. Let them talk. Speak only when needed, and guided by Spirit. Most importantly, NO JUDGEMENT or condemning words. I feel like if anything else, she could at least see that I cared, which I do.

I am not sure why we met, or why we needed to talk, I just know there was a reason.

PS:
Earlier that morning I was able to catch about 20 min of a Joyce Meyer teaching. It was about not letting people speak negativity over you, when you feel like you have a dream that God has put on your heart. She said that her so called church friends had laughed at her when she told them, that she felt that God was telling her that she would have the largest female ministry around. They told her not with her attitude, surely she misunderstood. By the way, one of the ladies that said this, later worked for her. Was it a coincidence that I saw this before my encounter with someone telling me to forget my dream of teaching the Bible, because I did not have enough certification?

04-03-14  I had to make an update on this post. It had occurred to me that the audience of my blog, second to the United States is the Ukraine and the numbers are very close. I find this interesting because part of my heritage is Hungarian. My Maternal Grandmother and Grandfather were both 100% Hungarian. The other reason is that Romania is near the Ukraine. I have not been there yet but maybe God had something else in mind besides my being their physically. We never know how God will work the things out that He lays on our hearts. Pay attention to everything going on around you always. Just when you feel you heard Him wrong, maybe you will realize He just worked it out a different way than you had anticipated. 
I wrote this update and turned off my computer and looked down at a scripture card that I had pulled earlier today but did not read what it said yet. It was worth turning the computer back on and updating this much more. As you read the verse, keep in mind the title of this blog as well as everything that was said that day. 

John 14:6

King James Version (KJV)

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.