Hey it has been a long time since I have written something.  There have been lots of things happening. Well I am here in Plano working a little bit at my job.  I am a waiter at Studio Movie Grill (movie/dinner restaurant) in case you didn’t know and they let me come back anytime I want.  I have been involved in many discussions revolving around God at my work.  I really think people are curious about Christianity, but there hearts have been hardened or are in sinful ways.  The conversations have ranged around Jesus to Christian views of sex and what is considered sex. Lately I have realized that the purpose of me working here is not for the money but the hope that Jesus can come into the lives of my friends.  The weird thing for me is that some of my friends look up to me.  I don’t think I am a person to look up to, but I know that the Living God that is inside of me is worthy to be looked up to. I have been reminded of this quote by C.T. Studd for awhile now, “Some wish to live within the sound of Church or Chapel Bell. I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell”.

I was reading some F.W. Boreham and he was talking about how it is not the company he keeps a person is judged for but the company he would like to keep. In the Book of Acts it says being let go they went to their own company.  John and Judas were both at the most memorable supper this world has ever known.  They both heard the beautiful words uttered by Jesus. Yet when they separated Judas went to his company and sold his Lord for 30 pieces of silver. He went on to talk about a dream he had about Heaven and Hell. He said that the dream showed they were very much alike with one difference. In Heaven the people who had sought God and followed Jesus, but had never obtained the goodness they so desired in the real world.  In this new world they were hampered by no restraints.  Heaven allowed no temptation or suggestion that was evil to be there.  They were let go and at last they were with their own company.  In the other world known as Hell he described it as he saw the wicked of the world with no restraint upon their wickedness.  They were no longer checked by the presence of good men, or the operation of good laws, or soiling ones good name.  Hatred, jealously, and all the evil passions were unchained and unleashed.  Every man was let go and had with their own company.  He described as a more disturbing picture of Hell than he could ever think of.  As Generals in Christ’s army we are to show people that Jesus is the One and Only and how their friends are headed down the same path they were headed as well as giving them good Christ-like friends to come back to.

M.A. Winters