The Importance of Getting it Right

Alas, how easily things go wrong!
A sigh too much, or a kiss too long,
And there follows a mist and a weeping rain,
And life is never the same again.
Alas, how hardly things go right!
'Tis hard to watch on a summer night,
For the sigh will come and the kiss will stay,
And the summer night is a winter day. - George MacDonald

I have often thought the best mission strategy of all is simply living the Christian life successfully. After all, a function of fruit is to attract creatures that will consume it and scatter its seeds in the process. Spiritual maturity ought to accomplish the same thing in every believer, producing the sweet fruit of a transformed character. Fruit from living the Christian life, as it ought to be lived, is attractive and will attract those who hunger for some sweetness in their own lives. When the fruit does attract, those whom it brings come into contact with the life producing seeds within. I know it is not easy, but what better missionary support could we have, than be the representatives of Christians that are enjoying the life that Christ died to give them? The best missionary support you can give us is to enjoy your faith and succeed in you efforts to be like Jesus!