galations.galations.galations..1:6-10

from proverbs to john to acts to james to acts to galations.
GALATIONS. wow that's nice. it sounds well. i like to say it out loud. just ... so you know....anywayss
dear quest,
lately i've been trying to talk to one of my good friends about the Lord, and what He can do and just how great He is. he's sort of been not wanting to hear it- just, like, he thinks i'm some religious goody-two-shoes. i am so in love with Jesus Christ but the way he's thinking is that he thinks the lifestyle of a Jesus-lover is bascially being a nun. i've been trying so many ways of telling him, talking to him, getting the word to him, but none seem to have worked. i've gone to others for advice and just felt really passionate about it. like, i don't know why i want him to find the Lord so bad, it's just on my heart. anyways, i prayed over it a lot. just, praying to the Lord, asking for Him to work, to give me words to change my friend's heart. i don't know, but this week was just bad. just kind a sucky in a couple aspects. i just faltered a lot. lost my step and doubted. tonight i decided to just read my bible even if it was midnight, and i kept reading past the bible-x bookmark just because i wanted answers. i wanted to know why my friend wasn't hearing what i was telling him. then i read Galations 1:6-10. "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel- not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you recieved, let him be accursed. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ." This hit me so awesomely hard. I had been straying because I wasn't finding what I wanted, wasn't getting what I wanted from prayer and was just starting to go along with whatever my friend was saying even if it wasn't right, just so I could be more relatable, so I could talk to him about our Lord. then i read this. it's gotta be HIM. dudes, i don't even know how to describe how much of a not-a-coincidence situation this is. then i went and read all y'alls posts about not always getting what we wanted, but something more glorious coming out of bad situations. now all i need is a little encouragement, prayer, and faith. i know there's an opportunity for my friend to come to the Lord. even if its not the Lord working through me, i know it will present itself to him and all i can do is pray and encourage him to take it. miss y'all bundles.
love,
evi