Good Food, Good Talk and Great Friends

This afternoon / evening I had the great pleasure of time with some friends from work. We were meeting because an old friend came back to work for the company. We talked about work for a while but it was great when we started talking about Christ and the things that God does for us. My one friend that was with us has been raised Catholic and like he puts it that lasts for the 38 minute service then it was back to normal life as he was growing up. He too is on a journey and I am glad to be going through this at the same time as him.

I truly believe that God has a plan for all of us and it's amazing how things work out. I used to work with this friend for about 5 years or so. I left that organization about 2 years ago and we kept in contact because we are like minded "geeks" who like technology. One of the other gentlemen I worked for about 1998 and he has been following Christ for a long time. The last gentlemen is my current boss and has been a follower of Christ since he was seven I believe he said.

As a new follower this was an awesome opportunity to learn the way. I have so many questions and some of those got answered tonight. We talked about how do you know when you are "saved" how do you know when it's time for an "adult baptism". One gentlemen pulled out his pocket bible and went to John 11:21 and read the next few verses and we talked about them.

Lord, Martha said to Jesus, If you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.

Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."

Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

"Yes, Lord, " she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into the world."

We discussed specifically the last thing Jesus said to her. He who believes in me..... Do you believe this...

Yes I do believe this, I believe it in my heart.

What an amazing evening. Thanks be to God for bringing us all together.