I accepted Jesus Christ into my life when I was a freshman in high school. Before I was saved, I was a good person trying to please my parents, teachers, friends, and so on. I was hardly punished. I had some knowledge of Jesus Christ and God, but I never understood what Jesus Christ really did.
When I went to a Christian school, they had chapel services. One chapel, they performed Heaven's Gate and Hell's Flames. That play opened my eyes realizing that I was going to hell. Being a good person does not buy you a ticket to heaven. I decided there to accept Jesus Christ into my life as my Lord and Savior.
Throughout high school, I attended church, but I was never truly discipled in God's word. In school, I watched people who called themselves Christians,yet they went to drink and party during the weekend. I was alone and bitter during high school because I did not have true friends. Near Spring break of my senior year, my father died with cancer. It was a shock to me and my father, but God helped us. I know that God comforted me.
God gave me peace because before my dad died I said some hateful things about him. I did not tell him those hateful things, but I did say it to my heart. I was heart broken when I heard my father died, but God forgave me of what I did. God gave me His strength during that time to move on and to live life to the fullest. My father was saved so I knew that my dad was with our heavenly Father. That was a comfort within itself.
Finally, I graduated school and headed to college. I started to hang out at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) at school where there were Christians. God blessed me with friends who were there for me and loved me. I never realized what God had planned for my life until I went to the BCM. I was planning to become a marine biologist, but He redirected my life to social work/counselor.
He revealed little gifts in my life so I may use for His glory. Those gifts are listening, empathy, compassion, loving, and honesty. I know that there are people out there who are never heard. No one has the time to listen to them.
When you listen to a person, you don't realize how much you just ministered to that person. God is our great Comforter and Counselor. We should give all our burdens to Him. God has done an awesome change in my life and heart. I don't want to look back and see what my life would be like if I didn't have Jesus Christ. I want to look forward and keep my eyes on Him.
Proverbs 3:6 ""In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.""
