Some of us hear His call early in life and ignore it because we are having fun. I heard His call on my heart and my life as early as 12 years old and I thought I answered it at a crusade in Jackson, MS. But, it didn’t stick. I know now that I wasn’t sincere in my answer to the touch of the Holy Spirit in my heart. I felt it but I didn’t take it seriously. I tried to read the Bible and listened as well as I could in church but found it boring.
I didn’t really have a “come to Me” moment until my son was born. Then, one night at work I was reading the Psalms and I heard a small voice in my mind saying “You are to be his example”. That is a scary thought. I am supposed to be my son’s example of how to live? I knew I couldn’t do that without Jesus in my heart and by truly following Him for the rest of my life, so I asked Him to be my Savior at that moment.
From that point on I’ve had trouble being a follower of Him but I began learning more about being a Christian and it has made a lot of difference in my life. That was twenty years ago and I’m still learning about Him and what it means to be His. Reading the Bible isn’t enough. Praying helps but that’s not enough either. When you do both of them together, the Holy Spirit can show you things while reading that might not have been so clear before.
God loves you and He sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins. All that you have to do is believe in Jesus and His sacrifice for you, repent of your sinful ways and you will be saved.
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