Several weeks ago I mentioned LWML Vice President of Christian Life, Jennifer Huecker’s experience while flying back from the Utah-Idaho convention and encouraged you to ask her about it. Well, here is an answer to all the inquiries she has received. Welcome, Jennifer!

God Provides! Absolutely!

On my return home from the 2018 LWML Utah-Idaho District Convention, I experienced a special time with my fellow traveler.  God’s blessing was so evident throughout this interaction and I only had to respond to her comments with the word “absolutely”. Here is a summary.  

During my flight from Pocatello to Salt Lake I sat next to a woman and commented on her beautiful beaded earrings. We talked about what brought us to Pocatello. She was Native American and had come to take classes on tanning hides. We had great discussions about cultural foods, our families, life in rural Missouri, life in Southern California, etc. We also talked about why I had come to Idaho — to attend the District Lutheran Women’s Missionary Convention — and that led to her questions.

“Tell me about this missionary ladies group?” she said. So, I told her about how Lutheran Women in Mission try to help people around the world meet their physical needs and to help them learn the truth about Jesus. I shared how women contribute through Mite Box offerings and that our mite goal for 2019 is over two million dollars.

She said, “Tell me what Lutherans believe.”

I said “Well … ” while considering how to begin, but she continued, “Do you believe in grace?” To which I said, “Absolutely! We are saved by God’s gift to us. I certainly couldn’t be saved by what I might do.”

She said, “Do you believe in one God, the Father; Jesus, the son; and the Holy Ghost?”

“Yes, yes!” I responded.

Then she said, “Do you believe that once saved, is always saved?”

“Absolutely!” I replied. “God is love, He will not leave us. We are sinners and will sin again, but God is always there for us. His love and forgiveness are ours because Jesus died to save us and His forgiveness is a free gift.”

Then she said, “I haven’t been to church for a while. But I want to find a church that sings hymns and tells the true words from the Bible. Is that what you Lutherans do?”

Stunned by how the Holy Spirit was at work and all I had to do was respond, I replied, “Absolutely!”

She told the message of the Gospel to me, and I only had to agree with her by saying, “Absolutely!”

Isn’t it amazing how God is so active in our world?

Absolutely!

Isaiah 55:11