{Saturday with Susan} on sharing the gospel
Today’s excerpt from A Life Hid with Christ in God is from a letter Susan wrote in her diary on January 8th, 1836.
“I hope my hard heart has received a new impulse. I have sometimes been very cold lately–have done those things which I ought not to have done, and left undone those things which I ought to have done. I have been humbled too–have been told that I lack tact, and that I am too zealous in my efforts to do good. Oh, how hard it is to be afraid to speak to those whom you desire to warn to flee from the wrath to come, whom you would persuade to accept the offers of salvation! O, my Heavenly Father, will Thou teach me my duty in this respect? Take away the fear of man from my heart, and all sinful reserve. Make me wise as a serpent, and harmless as a dove. Let me not injure Thy cause by indiscretion, nor prevent others from coming to Thee by any unnecessary strictness, but grant in Thine infinite mercy, that levity may never expel seriousness from my heart or countenance. Since I came home, I have been praying and shedding many tears. I want sincere repentance and true faith. ‘Oh for a closer walk with God!’ In the strength of Jesus I will press toward the mark.”
(page 162)
