I was going through some old e-mails in my "Precious Treasures" folder, and I landed on one I wrote to one of my dearest spiritual mentors. I felt led to share it on my blog.
December 20, 2004
I was thinking this morning about the day of my salvation. I've tried many times to pinpoint the day I received Christ, and I've thought over and over of many different instances that it could've been, but none of those instances ever settled with my spirit. There were so many circumstances and events that played together in leading me to a relationship with Christ that I've always just bundled them all together and settled by saying that I came to know Christ my freshman year in college. That's true, but it's not the definite, ya know? Until today, I never really knew so I couldn't really say EXACTLY when I confessed Christ as Lord and Savior with my whole heart.
The Lord caused me to remember, this morning, when you were holding bible study in Mitchell's lobby one night (1998-1999 school year), and there were only a few girls there. I remember Catresa being there, but I don't remember anyone else. We were going over some stuff that we'd talked about before, and you asked each of us if Jesus is Lord and how we know He's Lord. You asked if we know He lives, and how we know He lives. And you did it corporately, but then you looked each of us in the eye, one by one, and asked us, and when you came to me you said, "Do you know Jesus lives?" I said, "Yes." And then you said, "How do you know it?" And I said, "Because I believe He lives in me!" I confessed it with my whole heart with real understanding for the first time in bible study with you!!!!!!!!!!!
December 20, 2004
I was thinking this morning about the day of my salvation. I've tried many times to pinpoint the day I received Christ, and I've thought over and over of many different instances that it could've been, but none of those instances ever settled with my spirit. There were so many circumstances and events that played together in leading me to a relationship with Christ that I've always just bundled them all together and settled by saying that I came to know Christ my freshman year in college. That's true, but it's not the definite, ya know? Until today, I never really knew so I couldn't really say EXACTLY when I confessed Christ as Lord and Savior with my whole heart.
The Lord caused me to remember, this morning, when you were holding bible study in Mitchell's lobby one night (1998-1999 school year), and there were only a few girls there. I remember Catresa being there, but I don't remember anyone else. We were going over some stuff that we'd talked about before, and you asked each of us if Jesus is Lord and how we know He's Lord. You asked if we know He lives, and how we know He lives. And you did it corporately, but then you looked each of us in the eye, one by one, and asked us, and when you came to me you said, "Do you know Jesus lives?" I said, "Yes." And then you said, "How do you know it?" And I said, "Because I believe He lives in me!" I confessed it with my whole heart with real understanding for the first time in bible study with you!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you dearly! Know that you've impacted and changed a life, and that this life is moving to do what I learned from you to do--impact and change others' lives.
Iantha