Merry Christmas, Susan, and I'll go read about this good new.

That should be "news".

Merry Christmas, Bill! :-)

The Holy Spirit keeps working! Helps me to feel that if I pray for those unconverted I know, my prayers will not be in vain.

Hi Barb,

I look at some people and think they are a hopeless case. I remember running across the Raving Atheist's blog many years ago. He was as hardcore an atheist as you could find. Just like the commenters at his blog now deriding him, he was mean and bitter. I believe I prayed for him then, but felt it would take a miracle for him to change.

Then, years later, I saw another side of him at Dawn Eden's blog...his genuine concern for the sanctity of life. My view towards him softened. I would always pray for him when he would post on Dawn's blog.

Now with his conversion, I know that there is hope even for the most hardcore people on his site -- even the ones ridiculing him on a post about helping pregnant women with a debilitating disorder.

My sister has been saying she is an atheist or an agnostic for several years. She used to be a believer. Actually, I think she still is. Like many atheists, I think she is more angry at God (and embittered at the actions of certain "Christians") than disbelieving. However, lately she has been talking about possibly going back to church again. She says she wants to have faith, but she doesn't know how. So I'm going to keep praying for her.

nice blog you got there susan

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