Rejoice!

If you've read our email updates you know that we have witnessed the most joyous thing...  a dear friend here has decided to trust in Christ.  She told me about her fiancee:  "I would have always thought that he's a good guy, and I'm a good girl.  But why are we fighting like this then?  It's become really plain to me that we are sinners.  I can see it now, so clearly, we are sinners from birth."

Who says this, who calls it a "gift of grace" to be quarreling so thickly with your fiancee that you count yourself very close to calling off your engagement?  These are the words (that came with the tears) of a woman who has been changed by God.... her eyes opened to see the Gospel, her need for a Savior, her heart transformed to finally alive...

It is striking to me to see how central the doctrine of depravity has been in this friend coming to Christ.  Please pray for her as she shares with others, very carefully and sensitively, about sin.