If you haven’t yet experienced the challenge of catching an Atlas moth or some of the other more valuable (and skittish) insects in Animal Crossing, let me just tell you that it is certainly a uniquely exhilarating task. While none of the various insects that populate the village enjoy being startled, the rarest ones will take flight instantly and permanently if the player doesn’t approach them softly and carefully. Many times I have found myself SO close to holding one in my hands, only to accidentally press the analog stick just a LITTLE bit too hard… and it ends with me watching them and the opportunity to catch them disappear. The way I choose to approach them determines the success of my attempt.

As followers of Christ it is only natural that we would want to share the abundant life we have received with everyone we meet, but reaching others for Him doesn’t work with a one-size-fits-all approach. Just as we are each in different stages in our walk with the Lord, the souls we have been placed here to reach are unique… some may be scarred from past experiences and must be handled with care, while others appreciate directness. There is a specific time for convicting intervention and a right time for compassionate intercession, and if we listen for His leading the Holy Spirit will show us the way.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. Colossians 4:5-6

And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Jude 1:22-23

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