What about saints and idols?...

I finally found this cute little old lady, Leonor, at home again after a month of trying.  She invited us in and we chatted for a bit about her health.  I shared Isaiah 33:24 with her about a time when there will be no more sickness then turned to chapter three of the Bible Teach book and asked her if she thought Jehovah wanted her to live with sickness. 

Leonor stopped me and said, “Someone told me that it’s not good to pray to saints or use idols because Jehovah God exacts exclusive devotion.  What do you think?”

I asked what she believed and when she said she didn’t know, I insisted we use the Bible to see what Jehovah says.  We read Exodus 20:4, 5 Psalms 115:4-8, and Isaiah 42:8.  She still wasn’t getting the point…  Her husband walked in and introduced himself and we chatted with him for a bit.  When he left the room, I asked her, “You love your husband, right?”

Leonor, of course, said yes. 

“Would you like to share him with another woman?” 

She very emphatically said “NO!  That would be terrible and I'd be so jealous!”

I explained that Jehovah feels the same way.  He doesn’t want to share the devotion that only he deserves with saints or idols. 

Her mouth dropped and she said, “I am NEVER going to use an idol or pray to a saint again!”

We made plans for the next week and when I went, she wasn’t there, but her daughter invited me to their family dinner the next day because, she said, her mom loves me a lot and wants me to come.  I’ve talked to her twice in my life!  People here are so nice!  That same day, Damaris got invited by a stranger sitting next to her on the bus to come to her house for coffee….  That’s why there I love Cuenca!