I need to share the gospel tommorow at my date please help

[pwlj_christ87]

thank you for your post today and all your posts for you spark great conversation allowing me to reflect and grow it is truly remarkable… i have posted in your freedom thread and have never felt such a desire to convert people …

i rekkon you are a male as am i, a 25 year old college graduate freshly set a new in catholcisim , participating recently never feeling this much purpose as i am this very second… i would like you to read my post in your thread and then answer me this question if you woudl be so kind…

i had met a girl at a bar about 3 months ago… what struck me about this one is the fact that i did not approach her, she approached me… at a time when i could care less about the woman and acting more like myslef than putting on any fake image at a club… in fact that day i mgiht of been in church or read something powerful and had lived a great christian day which at the time was not that it was difficult but my inclination towards the proliferation of sin was greater and perhaps my lack of knoweledge made things even less clear… regardless, i had accepted the drink she bought me and talked to her and for once i had felt that lal the internet dating in the world did not amount to a simple conversation taht i could carry at a bar at a time when i felt most myself in fact most christ warrior like than ever…

this makes me think that she liked me for who i was or what would be even more remarkable for christ who i had been following and will follow iwth the lords help all glory to him… we had exchanged numbers and text messaged each other what surprised me was the normalicity of the conversations the lack of pressure and the general friendship that had acquired over such a short period… i had to take the initiative to see this girl i almost felt like i had “owed her” rather than anything perhaps to my own pride or concsious…

we went for a date at lunch and enjoyed a soccer game, at a time when i was feeling not myself due to a lack of sleep and energy… we then went for a walk and had a very pleasant converation about life and it was all so real very pleasant very normal and friendlike…

afterwards we exchanged text messages and i had talked to her about church and god, she told me she was a catholic yet skeptical due to the decieving books out there which everyone ill informed would bbase their skepticism on… i had texted back with some knowledge on heaven and other things and she simply told me that she did not know enough so she couldnt challenge me

anyways, a long story short (i hope you are all still reading)… is that i have the opportunity to see her again tommorow andi told her i would after discerning… i feel scared because i want to show her god yet i have never felt such a need and i dont know what to expect how to act

the thing that scares me the most is if i fail, or if she rejects me for christ, i would feel great pain if i had knew or had to live with knowing she might not be in heaven one day, i dont even like her as anything more than a mutual friend at the moment but that is what i am feeling now

so if i could have answers please for tonight i can meditate that would be of great help

please and thanks
your brother in christ

jacob

 

[Euphon]

Just my personal opinion here, but… honestly? I wouldn’t push the issue too much on the date. She knows your faith is important to you. She’ll have factored that in before agreeing to meet you again - and she identifies as Catholic, so she’s unlikely to spend the entire time quoting Dawkins or trying to trip you up on theological grounds or something like that.

Otherwise, maybe it’s just my nature as a typically reserved Brit, but I firmly believe you’ll be doing her more of a favour taking a hands-off approach, answering any of her questions honestly, maybe in the future (if the opportunity should present itself, and I believe it eventually will) bringing up the idea of coming back to church and exploring some of her issues surrounding her faith.

Don’t get me wrong: if she says something heretical or tries to lead you to sin on the date itself, you can take a principled stand and explain why you disagree, don’t just meekly nod and agree with her. But otherwise, this is a time for the two of you to get to know each other better, not for you to turn up with Bible in hand and proselytise. From your description, I honestly believe that would be counter-productive in this case.

I will pray for you both. Have a good time.