Be Careful What You Pray For...part 2

well its been a little while since ive given yall an update on whats going on in my life, and i left off with some stories about me attempting to witness to people at the UT game a couple of weeks ago. and there are some things that ive learned these last few weeks that i want to share with you, and then i have a prayer request or two.
first of all, we have learned that there isnt a negative result in witnessing to people. A- when you witness to someone they accept christ- which is a good result. B- when you witness to someone, maybe they dont get saved, but you plant a seed that someday leads to them getting saved- which is a good result. and C- maybe you witness to someone and they reject you (or more importantly your message) well thats ok too, because the bible tells us that those that are rejected for the cause of christ will be rewarded in heaven. and whats better than eternal rewards? so another good result. in the class we are learing that all we are called to do it to witness to people- its not our job to make sure that they read their bibles, or go to church, or even accept christ, we are just called to tell them about jesus. and my next point is a way to do that.
last week we learned about tracts. and i know that everybody has seen or been given a tract before, but maybe youve never understood why. well here are a few points to think about. tracts never argue, they always present the gospel in a clear way, they never fail to explain things, they always say what they want to say and the list goes on and on. something that i have noticed is that while it is still very tough for me to just go out and verbally witness to someone, it is pretty easy for me to give them a tract. and i am starting to build a neat little library of some pretty cool tracts. at the moments im kind of looking for a medium to be honest. handing out tracts is great, but i feel like i can do more than that. but im pretty scared/nervous/unsure about my ability to witness to people. i need something in between!! but im sure that practice will make it better- not easier mind you, just better.
so...a story. on saturday before and after the UT game Nicki (my girlfriend) and i were handing out tracts to different people. and it was great! i saw several people take the cards and read them front and back. tailgaters, college students, families lots of people. i even left one at dunkin donuts! in the credit card slot at a gas pump, lots of cool places that you can give/leave for people to find. but i need your help in this. things were going so great on saturday and i was really pumped about all the cool things god was doing...until this one guy didnt take my tract. and i knew it was going to happen and i kept telling myself that it would, and finally it did. and i cant say that looking back i shouldnt have tried to give it to him, because everybody needs jesus, and i was just doing what i need to do. the problem was/is- after that i shut down. i didnt know what to do or how to act. she even reminded me about all the good things that we had done that day, but all i could think about was the one bad thing that happened. i mean it was so bad i forgot to tell her about the two that i gave out in the next couple of days (the little tokyo workers didnt know i had left one, but they were cussing and fussing when they found it- hey at least they heard the gospel...) and then this woman at the bank was awesome. david ivarson and i went to the bank on tuesday and the lady was talking to us like normal and we were joking with her and just having a pretty good time. when it was time for us to leave she told us "yall have made my day. thanks for being nice" or something like that. and so i asked her if she had facebook, she said that she didnt, so i asked her if her kids did- and of course they did. so i handed her a tract that just said "facebook" on the front and told her to check out the facts on the back at somepoint that day and walked away. just as we got to the door she yelled at us "HEY!" and i thought she was mad, but she had a huge smile on her face and said "i bet this card will make my day!" and all i said as i said a little prayer for her was "i sure hope it does"
i guess what im asking for is just some encouragement in prayers. i know that everything we do for the cause of christ is great! and i want to do more of it, but i dont want it to be like a job. i want to do it out of the joy of my heart, and i dont want to be to harsh on myself. help me to keep a proper perspective of what i should/need/want to be doing. god is good and i know that he will take care of me, but some friendly prayers wont hurt anything. but once again...you better be extra careful what you pray for- especially if its for me- because you just might be the person i come talking to...or trying to give you a tract. let me ask you this. if you died just after reading this great rambling...where would you spend eternity? heaven or hell?
in his service
PUDGE