Before Jesus Changed My Life
I think my story is a lot like other people’s, but it is still a beautiful work of God! I grew up in a Christian home, but never truly had a relationship with God. I called myself a Christian, and I thought I was a pretty good person, however, I was not living as a Christian that’s on mission for God at all! I pretty much looked and sounded like everyone else around me that wasn’t a Christian, but I knew all the right answers. I was just living off my knowledge of God and not a relationship with him.
How Jesus Changed My Life
In the last few years, I have matured a lot and been through some very, very difficult seasons of life, and I can see how God was using those seasons to bring me closer to him! I realized I was just calling myself a Christian but not living it! I gave up those old ways and committed myself to Jesus! I realized through my difficult seasons that without a genuine hope in God, nothing else actually matters! I’ve come to embrace, not just know, that the gospel is understanding that God loves us so much he was willing to send his Son to die in our place, that whoever believes in him can have everlasting life (John 3:16). Understanding that we have a God who would do that for us changes hearts. This life is passing away, and we have to have our hope in what’s eternal (1 John 2:15-17).
My Life After Jesus Saved Me
In many ways, life now is so much better but also harder! Our world makes it easy to try find purpose, meaning, and fulfillment in yourself, but the message of the cross is to deny yourself and follow Jesus. I’ve realized that everything seems easy when you are living for the world, but when you start truly following God, it is not easy. But I have a completely different perspective on life at the same time! I know that no matter what happens on this earth, I have an eternal hope that can’t be taken away. I don’t want the same things I used to want or care about the same things I used to care about. I want to live for God in everything I do in life and be a light for him while I’m on this earth! I am so thankful I have a hope that can’t be shaken.