Shhhhh. It's a Secret.

Zicam.  It is a cold medicine.  And I tell you it really works.  No kidding.  I used to get these colds 2-3 times a year.  It would start with a sinusy sore throat, turn into a full blown head cold then migrate to my chest.  The day that I woke with the sore throat, I knew that I was looking at two weeks of misery.  Then I got turned on to Zicam.  Now I take it and the cold is all done in about two days and it's never so bad. It's brought such relief that I find myself suggesting it to everyone I meet who has a cold.  You just can't keep some things secret.

Sure, there are those things that we keep to ourselves, like a secret told in confidence or the location of that great place to pick morel mushrooms in the spring.  But most of the time, good things are for sharing.

We share our opinions about a great number of things, that new restaurant,  a book we just read, the Tiger's bullpen.  We have opinions about everything and through comments and "Likes" and word of mouth, we let the world know.

There is one good review that we are reluctant to share,  For some reason our faith is off limits.  They say that you can't discuss religion or politics, but that's not true.  All kinds of people make bold declarations about their party of choice.  It is only faith where we find ourselves reluctant to share.

Watch this clip from Pastor Sparks.

As I have approached this post, I have been asking myself why it is so hard to share our faith.  I think it is because faith is so enormously personal.  It is not a preference for cold medicine this is about who we are down in our soul.  It is hard to share, but that is exactly what "Make disciples of all nations means."