You know, I started out with a different purpose for this entry. I was going to find videos on YouTube proving the existence of God. I was searching and searching and then, it dawned on me: this argument has always been argued. There have been those on both sides of the fence, shouting their defenses. Who was I to think that I could be the logical, passionate, all-winning voice that swayed everyone to the Lord's side?! It was a prideful ambition, and i hope you can forgive me! No, as much as I'd like to be that one, I won't be, and no one will be. The only human being with that power is Jesus Himself, and sadly, it seems as if even HE can't sway some people's opinions, not until it is too late. It's not a hopeless case, though. Jesus commanded in the Great Commission, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20). 
I saw both videos arguing for and against God, and realized that if we plan to ever let the Lord save people through us Christians, we have to stop arguing. We must remember that what we have is the ultimate love, and that love comes through faith. Argument is a complete 180 from faith.
Think of someone who loves you very much and is illogically generous: parents, siblings, spouse, child, friend...because they love you, you trust them to be there for you, to be there in tough times and in fantastic celebrations. You would trust them with your life because you know they love you. Now, look at that person through a stranger's eyes. This person could be in the car next to them, in line behind them, in the movie theater seat in front of them. Would this person trust their life with your loved one? Absolutely not! You could argue and argue until you were blue what an amazing person this loved one is. In the end, this stranger would simply reply, "well, that's your experience."
The only thing that can convince this stranger of the loved one's absolute love is if they experience that love for themselves. In the end, it is all up to God. That is why I have actually decided to not write about the a fore mentioned Chrysalis experience. It is only a story where my fellow Christians will nod their heads in understanding, and the non-believers will simply shake their heads mumbling that I just got caught up in the moment and lost my head. There is nothing that I could say that would convince anyone who didn't know me that the experience was real. That marvelous moment was between me and God with no audience. Simply know that it did happen, and I was changed by it.
And so, we follow Christ's example. We love as He loves. We teach what He taught. A lesson about evangelizing was taught at my church with the punch line: use your mouth as a last resort. The Enemy can fight back easily with the tongue (it is his specialty), but how can anyone argue against action? So, while you do the walkin', let God do the talkin'.
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