“Come and you will see.” John 1:39
In U.P. High School, a couple of men from Gideons International came and spoke to my class about reading the Bible. Before they gave us these really cute Bibles, they made us promise to read it. I promised, but I stopped a few chapters into it because of some passages I heartily disagreed with. I enjoyed my life too much to “hate it”. (John 12:25)
In U.P. College, I was invited to join a Campus Crusade for Christ group. I thought the group was composed of dull students who didn't have friends, but I liked the Australian lady who invited me out for ice cream. She was the one who would say, "Come and see."
After college, I remember that it was my mom who would invite me and my siblings to all the Christian rallies and Bible Studies. It did not matter if it was Catholic or not. I do not know how many times we went to the front to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. I cannot count how many times I joined a Life in the Spirit seminar and was prayed over. After one of those baptisms in the Holy Spirit, the Bible came alive for me. I would read and read and mark almost every line with a yellow pencil. Sometimes I felt like the words would jump out, and I could read even if it was dark!
Lord, thank You for all those people who said come and see in different ways. I have, through the years, seen Your face, and heard Your voice! May I also invite others to experience the fullness of life You offer me every single day!
Wonderful testimony. Anesha
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly what I pray for, for my children and grandchildren. They all claim to be Christians but they haven't really found the Lord in a real way. I pray that there will be people they meet that will plant seeds and encourage them in the Lord. Sometimes the hardest people to get to listen to you is your family. So I pray for them each day and have faith that the good Lord will put God loving Christians in their path. Thank you for sharing your testimony.
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