Shake the Dust

Two stories on Shaking the Dust
I have a coworker/friend who is an atheist. Often times we go on walks and talk about theology and philosophy. Although she disagrees with my faith, I can honestly say that I deeply love her and pray often that God will change her heart. I believe God has used our relationship not only for a seed to be planted in her, but also for Him to grow my faith. I remember early on in our relationship, a Christian coworker of mine over heard one of our discussions. He decided to pull me to the side and give me a little one on one coaching. He said something to the effect of, "You know, you don't have to throw your faith at people to get your faith across to them. Sometimes it is better to simply lead by example."
This weighed heavy on my heart. The last thing I wanted to do was, shoving my faith down some ones throat. After this I walked over to my atheist Coworker to make sure that I was not offending her. She reassured me by saying that I was not. She also added that are talks were something she looked forward to, and she felt the need to brush up on her Bible reading so that she would be able to understand my references. Wow, this was exciting news for me.
2nd Story
While at work, I may say things like; thank you Jesus in order to celebrate, or bring up my faith in order to better explain a certain point or give advice. On this particular day another Coworker (who is not an atheist, rather she believes in a god consciousness) expressed to me that she does feel that I shove religion down peoples throats. That hurt. It is never my goal to make others feel uncomfortable or bash them over the head with religion. I had some friends that I discussed this with and they helped me realize that when you have submitted to Christ, He is such a part of you that most of the time everything you do is too Loud, too Righteous, or too Holy. That is what happens when Christ becomes a part of your DNA. Who am I to stoop the conviction that his spirit brings.
So why the title.. Shake the Dust?
In both stories I came to a cross road where I could have stopped because of accusation, judgment, and discouragement, or I could just keep it moving, and Shake the dust.

I was reading in Luke 9 to day, and this is what it says in verse 5; Wherever people don't except you, leave that town and shake the dust off your feet as a warning to them.

You see Christ new that we would run into discouragement. He has always known the possibility of rejection as a response to His Gospel. So, when that time of discouragement comes from anywhere; Friend, stranger, Mother, Father, Sister, or Brother. It is important to understand that Chris has charged us not to wallow in embarrassment when others reject us, or even argue with those who refuse his Gospel. No, His command is to simply Shake the Dust.

Parents Train up a Child in the Way they should Go and When they are old they shall not depart from it. Prov. 22:6

My mom is a pretty amazing woman. I can't express how Happy I am, that God would grace me to be her daughter. So many times I here about generational curses, bad trait or habits that manifest spiritually and physically through out an individuals family history. What if we focused on generational blessings? Late last night, till 2:00am my mother and I were talking about God. Those talks are rare since we are both so busy. My mother grew up in Haiti... Talk about spiritual warfare. When i was young she didn't tell me too much about her childhood so that my sister and I would not fear or be upset. Now that I am older I am learning so much more about the person she was while growing up

This Is One of Her Stories,

When she was youn,g my mother had to spend a lot of time in church. She grew up Catholic and all though she took her religion very seriously she, always searched for something real and tangible in her faith. If you grow up as a Catholic there are specific prayers that must be prayed, an individual may never pray a specific prayer regarding their personal situation. Because God favored her, He stirred a thirst in her that was foreign to that of her religion. When she would go to mass she would hear the priest say, "when you say those prayers you have to have Faith". My mom would literally go into her prayer closet and say " Lord let me see you, Lord let me see you, Lord let me see you..." She did not know at the time that this was a personal prayer. When she was in her early teens, she lost her sight for three days. While she was loosing her vision, there was a revival happening in here neighborhood. She sent a paper with her name on it to the revival because she was not able to go. The people prayed over it. While she was home her prayer remained the same " Bondye fè m 'wè, Bondye fè m 'wè, Bondye fè m 'wè....Lord let me see, Lord let me see, Lord let me see..." By the time the revival was over she had to feel around a room just so she could make it to the bathroom. And finally when the paper was returned to her she opened it and immediately she could read what was on the paper, her sight was returned.

If God wants you, He will make every appeal to have you. But you must be the one to say yes. Relationships aren't a one man show. I believe that God has predestined me for something greater, but it is only because my mom said Yes that I have the grace to know him.
Generational blessing, yeah I think I'll be speaking those over my family from now on.
Any way I'm happy, hope you are too.... any questions?
Till next time xoxo..
Godsgrace87

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