Since I am pioneering this month I have been going out in service quite a lot.. its the 16th and I have 22hrs so far.. which, according to my scheduled, is right on pace!
Even though I have only gone our 22hrs this month, it is crazy how when your mind is set on spiritual things, more spiritual things pop up!! The holy spirit truly is an amazing thing! I started putting forth honest effort and all of a sudden I realize that I am meditating on spiritual things and studying way more than when I'm not pioneering! I was laying in bed one night and rather than thinking about what tv shows I had to watch the next day, I caught my self thinking about what I was going to say in service that week! I was going over conversation stoppers in my head and going through what to say to them. I didn't have to tell my self, "Ok.. I need to think about service.. what am I going to say?" It just came totally natural! It just goes to show that Jehovah is right there to help us, as long as we put forth some effort!
Going out totally makes me want to regular pioneer SO bad.. Even though I almost pass out at every door I go to, the more I do it the easier it gets! AND its so encouraging!!
This last week two sisters went to a door. A lady answered and knew that the sisters where Jehovahs Witnesses right away! She gladly let them in and has them sit down at the table. She listens to what the sisters have to say and treats them so nice! Turns out the house holder is from Russia and she says to the two sisters, "In Russia everyone listens to the witnesses! Witnesses walk up and down the streets dressed in suites and always walk in groups of two or more!" She asked the sisters where they go to the kingdom hall and she came out to the car to meet two other sisters and I and the three little girls in the back! She was so sweet! I think one sister even started a study with her that day!
Even though I didn't go to the door.. seeing the excitement and enthusiasm on the two sisters faces as they told us what happened.. I think every one else in the car felt like we were there also! It was so so encouraging and I can't wait to see where it goes!
Isn't it weird how, when your only doing as much as you need to do in Jehovah's service, you of coarse love Jehovah and have a personal relationship with him that you are comfortable with. But then once you start doing more, you realize how much your relationship has grown.. in fact its grown more than you knew it could! Well that's how it is for me at least.. I have learned so much more about Jehovah in the past couple of weeks than I have in the last 6 months! He has become so much more real to me and I didn't even know that could happen! It just makes me love him so so so much!! I can't even begin to describe what he means to me..
Lynz
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