Day 2 Gift :: 2019 FMF 31 Days Writing Challenge :: Going With God

The church I think of as my home church came along in my life when Mom abruptly stopped attending the “family” church. I couldn’t understand why, but we began on a church hopping circuit for who knows how long until she could find one that satisfied.

Visiting an array of denominational worship services was a curious experience for an 8 year old. On the way home Mom would ask what I thought about the service and Sunday School and I’d give my review: the service was too long, we had stale cookies in Sunday School, boring story, nobody talked to me except the teacher. 

One Sunday morning we visited Grace Bible Church. Sunday School was… different. My teacher really seemed to like what she was teaching and the kids she was teaching it to. Her smile put me at ease. AND, the kids were friendly. Cool!

This was home for me.

A place of grounding and growth.

A sanctuary of worship for my unsettled soul. Even at that young age I knew the difference between peace and strife. Give me peace any day!

However, the greatest gift I found in that red brick church was a call from God to come to Him and receive salvation through Jesus Christ at the age of 9.  I wish I could say that I turned into an angel and never gave my parents any grief from that point on, but that would be fibbing.

This little red-haired, freckle-faced kid now had a heart that was turned to the Lord. He began a good work in me then and continues to do it now, ‘til I draw my final breath.

How about you? Have you received God’s gracious gift of salvation?

All humankind needs to be freed from the bondage and ravages of sin. It is the simplest and hardest gift for us to receive. Our sinfulness requires a redeeming sacrifice to bring us into God’s favor. We cannot save ourselves, but Jesus has satisfied God’s requirements for anyone who would believe in Him.

I’m praying for you.
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2 Corinthians 6:2 for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION" (NASB)

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