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Yesterday, ten years ago, I became a child of God.
In this modern, fast and furious age, ten years is a long time. It's enough to become vested in a business's pension fund. It's a long marriage. It's tenure. It's an entire decade. Wow.
In Christianity, ten years is only enough to become acquainted with the depths of my sin and the fact that I know nothing. It's enough to understand that understanding has just begun. It's a tiny plod away from the ball and chain of my sin and toward the gates of heaven.
Yet ten years is an eternity. The moment I stepped over the threshold, salvation meant glory with Jesus forever, beginning at that moment on the floor of the office where I cried out to God, my heart's defenses crumbling like Jericho. An eternity that began with the choice of Jesus to elect me to salvation and bring me to His bosom.
The depth of my gratitude knows no bounds. I can't express it in words, paltry faltering words that are mere letters, squiggles really. What are words to compare to the glory and beauty of this wonderful Man-God who delivered Himself to death and rose again, for our sakes? Who left His heavenly abode to live three decades on a cursed earth, reaching out to His sheep? His mercy and His blessings and His love are overwhelming to me. And to think before I knew Him, I'd run away, mock, and scorn Him and His children. He is the Good Shepherd.
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)
What a change He has wrought in me! This is a change only He can do. My dark and gangrenous heart has been made new by Jesus. He surely is the Redeemer.
To redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (Galatians 4:5).
I can't say the entire ten years has been all-joy. Some of it meant heartbreak and hard truths and rejection. But it all has been amazing, because Jesus is amazing. He has never left me nor forsaken me. He is with me always and His spirit dwells richly in me.
"In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." (Luke 15:10)
My love for him in return can't match His incredible heavenly love, but what a pleasure to be able to thank Him in person someday.
"I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you." Psalm 35:18
In this modern, fast and furious age, ten years is a long time. It's enough to become vested in a business's pension fund. It's a long marriage. It's tenure. It's an entire decade. Wow.
In Christianity, ten years is only enough to become acquainted with the depths of my sin and the fact that I know nothing. It's enough to understand that understanding has just begun. It's a tiny plod away from the ball and chain of my sin and toward the gates of heaven.
Yet ten years is an eternity. The moment I stepped over the threshold, salvation meant glory with Jesus forever, beginning at that moment on the floor of the office where I cried out to God, my heart's defenses crumbling like Jericho. An eternity that began with the choice of Jesus to elect me to salvation and bring me to His bosom.
The depth of my gratitude knows no bounds. I can't express it in words, paltry faltering words that are mere letters, squiggles really. What are words to compare to the glory and beauty of this wonderful Man-God who delivered Himself to death and rose again, for our sakes? Who left His heavenly abode to live three decades on a cursed earth, reaching out to His sheep? His mercy and His blessings and His love are overwhelming to me. And to think before I knew Him, I'd run away, mock, and scorn Him and His children. He is the Good Shepherd.
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10)
What a change He has wrought in me! This is a change only He can do. My dark and gangrenous heart has been made new by Jesus. He surely is the Redeemer.
To redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. (Galatians 4:5).
I can't say the entire ten years has been all-joy. Some of it meant heartbreak and hard truths and rejection. But it all has been amazing, because Jesus is amazing. He has never left me nor forsaken me. He is with me always and His spirit dwells richly in me.
"In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." (Luke 15:10)
My love for him in return can't match His incredible heavenly love, but what a pleasure to be able to thank Him in person someday.
"I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you." Psalm 35:18
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Happy New-Birthday!
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What a beautiful message :-) thank you for sharing-
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