As
a new Christian, I worked with a young woman who was living her life without
boundaries. Much as I had lived mine before I met Jesus.
Each Monday we talked
and laughed over the different situations she had experienced over the weekend.
Things I no longer took part in but had not let go.
On
a Christian retreat, I was broken. I heard again and again how God desired to
forgive all my sins.
I felt filthy when I thought about my conversations with
my coworker. The pleasure I re-lived with each true story.
I
cried, “But God, how can you forgive me? Don’t you know how bad I am?”
When
I finally accepted the forgiveness God offered, I knew I
had to apologize to my coworker for encouraging her sinful lifestyle.
As
Christians, we should be watchful of our conversations and actions with
coworkers. We just might birth a new believer and grow in our own Christian faith.
“From
the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought
not to be so” (James 3:10 NRSV).
In Christ,
Berta
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