The most important thing in my life

Dear friend, 

I want to share with you the most important thing in my life.

My relationship with Jesus Christ is the best and most significant thing in all of my life. When I met Jesus I was just a child but I had already developed such a temper and exhibited such selfishness and anger when I didn’t get what I wanted. I always regretted my outbursts after the fact but during the moment it was as if I couldn’t control it. But then I found out that Jesus died on the cross to save me from my sins and change my heart and my behavior. 

Once I confessed my sins and invited Jesus to come into my heart and life, I experienced such a joy at knowing that I would be in heaven forever one day with Him. I also had so much love and compassion for other people. I just couldn’t stand to see other people hurting and I felt compelled to do whatever I could to help people avoid or come through their pain.

As a pre-teen and teenager I definitely dealt with much temptation, peer pressure, school bullying, and personally wondering what I was going to do with my life. But all through those years I also found a hunger for reading the Bible and a desire to be in church and to learn everything I could about God. There were some key moments along the way where I discovered the joy of praying, the importance of humbling myself and going to the altar, and gathering up some God-given courage to testify about God and tell others about His gospel. During those teens years I both made a bunch of sinful choices but I also fell in love with God who forgave me and loved me in spite of my flaws. 

Since I have been an adult my belief in God has been tested and stretched and I have dealt with my share of skepticism, doubt, confusion and even anger about how God deals with humanity. But through it all God has given me grace (over and over again) and showed His power and supply and His willingness to provide what is needed when I need it. I have found myself hurt by other people and stretched thin by the demands of this life, but God has always been there to be and to provide everything I needed.

So here I am still journeying with Jesus as the most important person in my life. He is my best friend, my Savior, my comforter, my guide, my provider. The world around me is broken and crazy, people are fickle, circumstances are unpredictable, but God is my rock, my fortress, and the one I always turn to.

Please, if you don’t know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, confess your sins, believe He died on the cross for you and ask Him to save you and take over your life.

If you do know Jesus as Savior, please, no excuses, no distractions, no procrastination, get into the Bible, spend time talking to Him and go to His church as often as you can. There is no end to the joy and blessings that are found when we meet with God personally and with others.