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Since November 4, 1980 I have been sure that Jesus Christ is the Son
of God alive and real. I realized too that this certainty included a sincere and complete commitment to God, from me. This had been building slowly, with many setbacks, for over two years.
On that day I stood on a corner in Washington, D. C.,
within sight of the White House. I had been in turmoil about faith and full commitment. I had gone back and forth about getting serious with God unless I was in dire need of His help due to mounting problems.
I waited for a traffic light to
change. I still wonder if it changed a few times before I moved, for my thoughts were elsewhere, rooted in the confrontation with a decision. The time comes when we cannot delay, we must decide, and I knew that time had come. It had come because I was about to make an earthbound decision about my marriage that would change my life, future, and sense of having done the right thing.
I was on my way to a nearby building for
a French lesson. My husband and I were about to reconcile after 27 months of complete separation. I was very afraid.
This is exactly how God challenges and calls to
many of us. He tugs at our thoughts at a momentous time. He wants us to make a decision of trust. He often confronts us about this while we are waiting for
something--a light to change, a sandwich to be made, a parking
attendant to arrive.
God wants to help
every person. He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to show this. Not
to demonstrate it now by fancy words or fireworks or visions, but by a
cruel and shameful Cross. On that Cross Christ suffered to show the
love of God. He did it willingly, knowingly, and--the Bible says--"for
the joy that was set before Him." He knew that He would bring
multitudes of heirs into the Kingdom of God by His blood sacrifice on
that Cross, a sacrifice to pay for the Sin of the world.
Have you
accepted this great Gift? Are you sharing the good news by how you
speak and live and react? God loves you with an everlasting,
sacrificial, immortal, and intense love, beyond all other loves. If you
and I know this, are we sharing it? Praise God, we can and do! If you
do not know this yet, will you say, "God, show me if You are real?" If
you pray that sincerely, He will show you and in the loving way of
Christ, His Son. Are you excited about this wonderful Savior and what
He has done for you?
To explore: The Mourner's Comforter, Not All Roads Lead Home,
The Cross of Christ
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