trusting because I don't know

Right now all that I can do is trust Him. We are helping our neighbor, Renee, move out on Saturday morning. Her apartment is just getting too crowded with her boyfriend, Dan; her two boys, Austin and Cody; Dan's two boys; and herself. So they found a nice little house that will suit them well. I am really starting to love Renee. Tonight we invited her, Dan, and her two sons over for games and cookies. The boys were so excited to get to eat cookies and play games on a Thursday night. They even sacrificed watching Survivor because they were so excited! 

It was the first time that we had ever really hung out together. The saddest part of it all was something that Renee said. She said that this was the only other apartment she had ever been in at this complex. So here is where the trusting comes in... Renee is moving, and she is not saved. Jesus is not her King. We have to trust God with her salvation.

Hmmm.... as I am writing this, I just realized something. I was going to say that we are just having to trust God with her salvation. We have done what we could, and the rest is up to him. But then it hit me. We really did try with her. We have prayed so much for her, and have knocked on her door a ton. I am so excited that it is not me who gives the growth, but God who is in charge of that. I can honestly say that we have been faithful workers in His field with her. Perhaps it is just that he called us to plant the seeds. We will continue to pray that someone else will water those seeds in her life.

And we are also learning the urgency of the gospel. Kevin is moving soon as well. He  got transferred to Chicago. The seeds are not as evident in his life, but maybe we were just there to pull weeds so that someone else could plant the seeds. But I really feel like we have been faithful with him as well. Maybe even more so than with Renee. 

I just hope that this encourages you to get to know your neighbors well because of the Gospel. Learn about your neighbors. Play with them. Laugh with them. Cry with them. Love them.