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Born into this world I arrived the only child of parents
who loved me and respected God. Throughout my childhood we
attended church as a family and tried many different
denominations.
At the age of 17 I desired the heart of God and His will for
my life but for whatever reason I had never met God in a
personal way. I became involved with drugs, alcohol and the
occult.
By the age of 28 I had all but forgot about my Sunday school
memories of who God was, or at least who He was supposed to
be.
I met with a friend once who asked me a question. He asked
me what was going to happen when I die. I told him that I
thought I would go to Heaven because I thought I was a
"pretty good" person. He told me rather bluntly that Hell
was filled with people who were "pretty good" people and
some that were even better than me! He told me that all
people have fallen short of the relationship God had
intended for each of us and that there was no one perfect
--not even one-- who deserving anything other then a death
separated from God as a consequence.
As we left our meeting that night, a February ice storm had
frozen the windows of my pickup truck. My friend and I
waited inside the cab of the truck as the heat from the
defrost vent melted the ice. In that time of waiting, my
friend asked me if we could pray together.
He started his prayer and thanked Jesus for the opportunity
to meet with me that night. He asked Jesus to work in my
life and held a conversation with Jesus Christ, the creator
of all Heaven and Earth in a way that clearly showed an
ongoing personal relationship that I obviously did not have.
He paused and waited for me to pray with him, but I had
nothing I could say. I did not know this Jesus.
Sensing my loss for words he offered his help: "God's Holy
Word says that if we admit that we have fallen short of
God's desire for our lives and accept that Jesus Christ is
God, willing and able to restore a relationship with us by
asking Him into our lives, then we will be saved from a
separation from God, now and after we die."
I confessed before Jesus Christ that night that I did not
know Him. I asked Him to come into my life and start a
relationship with me. He honored that prayer and gave me a
peace that I have never known before.
I'd like to tell you that every day since that night ten
years ago life has been wonderful... But I can't because it
hasn't happened that way. I have experienced sickness and
death in my family, depression, financial burdens, health
problems and sadness. I am recovering from a divorce and
sometimes still get depressed, but now I don't go through
these things by myself. Jesus, true to His word has been
there for me through it all. His words have comforted me and
have always made me feel like I was not alone. Upon coming
into your life, Jesus and you will develop a personal
relationship in which He promises to never leave or forsake
you. Jesus promises to stick closer to you then a brother
and knows you so intently that He even knows the very number
of hairs upon your head.
He has however given me victory over the occult, alcohol and
a 3-pack-a-day cigarette addiction. He simply removed the
desire from my heart to do these things anymore.
Today I talk with my Lord Jesus every day. When I awake in
the morning I sense His presence and know that He has stood
watch over me as I slept. He has also given to me many
wonderful gifts. First and foremost after my gift of
relationship with Him is my wonderful wife. Together we
love and serve Jesus every day.
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