Dear Editor,
I have just been reading your September issue on the aeroplane travelling to speak at a mission in Kosovo. I am so pleased I have done this. Two articles especially have spoken to me directly as I prepare to share the gospel.
The first, [Michael Reeves in conversation with John Woods], compels me to not only speak of Jesus but by God’s grace make Him known through allowing my own relationship with Him to shine through gospel words. Indeed, my renewed desire is that people will ‘see Jesus’, see and know in their hearts His love and acceptance.
But the second piece asking if I am a ‘real sinner’ causes me to acknowledge my guilt. Am I trying to impress people as in an interview, or am I more like a patient in a doctor’s waiting room? [See Steve Midgley’s pastoral care article – see September print issue of en.]
The truth is that, because of an innate fear of failure, there is much of me that wants to impress. But how good it is to be challenged about this. Now, because of this and recognising its truth, I am compelled to be a patient in need of healing, but one who is also compelled all the more to help other patients discover the Great Physician.
Yours sincerely,
Fane Conant By email
