You could truely talk until you are blue in the face to some people about any topic, on any given day and they still would not get it.  No matter how much you say, how long you talk, or how simple you put it...until it comes back and hits them square in the forehead they just are not gonna get it.  Up until that point...you can talk until your blue in the face before you finally throw up your hands and say I give up.  Then sometime later...maybe minutes...hours....days....years later they come back to you and say "HEY! I FINALLY GOT IT!"  Until that time you just hope.

That is the way I am feeling today.  That I have talked myself blue in the face and what I am saying is just not getting through to that person.  Pieces broke through.  Some pieces were highly misheard and misinterpreted which ensued a debate of wills.  Some pieces were heard...and ignored.  Some pieces were scattered about and picked up later.  And even still...some pieces lead to salvation. 

So, you ask...what's the problem?  The problem is the misheard, misinterpreted, ignored and scattered pieces are still being debated, ignored and scattered.  Only what is wanted to be heard, interpreted, understood and picked up is being applied.  The rest is being used at a convenience when it suits and forgotton as soon as there is no fellowship (which has been by choice...not because it has not been offered).  So the morale of the story is...if your gonna walk the walk, talk the talk and serve for the Lord....you can't do it when it's convenient to you. 

Out of this comes my dilima...

I cared enough for this person to put myself on the line and take a risk of bringing them back into my and my children's life.  I have done my best to be an example, give a helping hand, help bring light into their darkness, and offer whatever words they might need to help keep them on the right path.  And yes, I prayed that the Lord would keep them safe, guide them, and keep the light burning.  Despite all this...they chose to live their life in the world until it suits them to come to church.  They think its ok to knowingly live in the world day to day and just pray later and God will forgive them.  It's like saying..."Well, it's ok for me to drink now cuz I will pray for forgiveness later."  God does not work like that.  He forgives a "sincere prayer that is meant to last".  Granted, He knows we are human and we are going to fall from time to time.  But you do not truely repent and receive forgiveness unless your truely sincere.

So now that I have talked until I am blue in the face I have no choice but to leave this in God's ever capable hands.  I have asked many to pray for this person in hopes that God will open their eyes to the reality of His forgiveness, love, and blessings.  There is nothing more I can say at this point to make His case any clearer to this person.  God has a plan...a purpose...and I pray that He will interceed in this matter...and for any that you have as well.

God Bless!

Hebrews 3:13