Personal update

I thought it was about time I wrote a personal update. I am working full time as an assistant manager at a local dollar type store. It is a lot of work, but I love it.

John hurt his back, a couple of weeks ago, so he is just laying around, and trying to heal. He is in a lot of pain. John has been asked to be the youth director at the church we attend, and has accepted. He is trying to retire from construction. This position is part time, but can work into more at some point.

Marci is planning on finishing up her high school at the community college. She is dating a young man who lives down the street.

Jonny will be in the 8th grade this year, and loving it. She is very social, and loves to spend time with her friends.

What is an evangelist?

I heard some one say, "God gave evangelists to prepare God's people for works of service." This comes from Eph 4:11-12. They cut out parts of the verse, but I do not think it would have impacted me as much if they would have quoted the full verse. This person was talking about training others to evangelize. What the quote made me think was, "You mean evangelists are to help us to serve others?"

As a result I decided to try and answer this question. I looked up evangelist in the Greek, and it said one who evangelized, so I looked up evangelize in the Greek, and it said one who shares the good news. When it says in the bible that Jesus preached the Greek word used is evangelized.

When I see "evangelists" today I don't see them sharing good news to me. The good news is that we can talk to God at any time about anything we want. It also is that God loves us. He loves us no matter what we have done, or think.

HE LOVES US!!!

The work of an evangelist is to let God love others through us. It isn't about preaching. We as evangelists are also to teach others to love. This is where the works of service come into effect. We show the love of God through works of service.