Faith&Friends
GOD IN MY LIFE
Reluctant Missionary Joyce Starr Macias, taken around the time that she had become a Christian
Now I really started stuttering. “Not much,” I admitted. I explained that I was new at all this because I had become a Christian just a few weeks earlier. “Right now, I’m reading the New Testament for the first time. But I’m sure I’ll get to the Old Testament soon,” I said. “Don’t you know that the Jesus you believe in was Jewish? The New Testament wasn’t even written back in His time,” he growled. “You come back and see me after you learn what’s in the Old Testament.”
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Muttering something like, “God bless you, sir,” I rushed into the hall, feeling like a total failure. I don’t think I even left him anything to read. Never Give Up I was nearly in tears as I told my mentor what a terrible job I’d done. But, instead of scolding, she spoke words of comfort and encouraged me to keep coming back. “Don’t quit when God is calling you to serve Him,” she said. “Trust in Him, keep studying your Bible
