We've all heard the expression, "Life can change in the blink of an eye.", but what do you think of when you hear it? If you are like most of us, we think of the negative: a car wreck, an accident at work, a devastating diagnosis from the doctor, a death. But how many of us look for our lives to change in the blink of an eye...FOR THE GOOD? Recently, I've become very aware of how quickly life can change and that the change can be a good, or even great thing. Look at what the change could be...the phone call that gives you the job for which you've prayed so much. How about the second you hear the news that you are in remission? For some, that blink in time is when you vow "I do". For others still, the moment when you realize that you just missed making that light and you see the car that would have plowed into you had you punched the gas. The fleeting moment when you first know that you are going to have a baby. Of course, the very second that you ask Jesus Christ to forgive you is a moment in time to alters every other moment after that for all of your life and your eternity. Then, there is the moment that all of us who are Jesus filled Christ followers who long for THE blink of the eye. The very second that our Savior will return to call us home to be with Him in Heaven, forever. I long for that moment with a constant hope that it's not this second. I don't wish for the delay for selfish reasons, well, maybe they can be considered selfish. I pray for the delay for you, if you don't know Christ as your personal Savior. I pray for the delay so that you have another moment in which you can choose Him, He chose you oh so many years ago when He dragged that brutal cross up that cruel hill to die a death that was meant for you and me. He choose in that moment in the Garden of Gethsemane to change our futures. His moment became the moment we were allowed to have the choice to make the change in our lives. If you want to make that moment this one, pray this prayer to your Savior.
Jesus, I know now that I am a sinner. I know that you came to this earth and lived a perfect, sinless life in order to die a death you didn't deserve so that I wouldn't have to die. I ask for you to come into my heart and life now and forgive me of my sins. I've led my life selfishly up until now and now I want You to be the Lord of my life. Thank you for the assurance that with this confession, I am now Yours and will go to Heaven when I die in order to spend eternity with You. Thank you. In Christ's name I pray, amen.
If you just prayed that prayer, your moment has come. You now belong to the family of God. You're forgiven! You're clean! You will spend eternity in Heaven with Christ! Congratulations, you were just changed in the blink of an eye. Now, find an alive and growing church to attend so that you may learn and grow in the decision you just made. Then, you too can pray for the delay in Christ returning because I know you will want the opportunity to tell others what has happened to you and that it can be their moment as well.
Welcome to our family!
Your sister, Angie
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