For the Love of God: Part 2

"From the foundation of the world, He knew me!"

I have been trying to find where this scripture is.

The closest I have come is Eph. 1:4. It still is not

the quote. I though I had written it down, but I

don't know where I put it!

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I am always humbled when I am reminded of

this verse. The awesomeness of God is beyond

my comprehension in that He knows the end

from the beginning! He is outside of the time

continuum we are on. Before He ever created

Adam and Eve, He already knew the last person

that will ever be created! His heart must be

broken to know the multitude that will reject

His Gift of Salvation! All the more it humbles

me to wonder why I am so privileged to be one

to have accepted His Gift of Love.

When I asked the LORD to forgive my sin, I was

in third grade. It was in the middle of the night.

I woke up from my sleep and quietly got out

of my bed. I had a very high bed. My dad had

built it upon a platform that housed four

large drawers underneath. We lived in a small

trailer at the time and we utilized all the space

we had. As I knelt, my bottom was cushioned

between my inner ankles while the toes of one

foot lay across the other. I understood

that sin separated me from God.

I prayed for the LORD to forgive my sin. I

was sorry I ever had a part of my Savior's

suffering. Tears streamed down my face as

I thought of the darkness that wrapped

around the world when Christ was taking upon

Himself ever single sin from Adam and Eve

to the last person who would ever be created!

Not just any man could have withstood that horror.

God Himself in Christ had become our sacrifice!

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My pastor's sermon from the Word of God

had brought the Holy Spirit to move upon me

in His saving Grace that night as I truly

cried in sorrow for His forgiveness of my sin.

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There may be some who ask, "What sin could

a young child commit to bring them to this

Life changing commitment?" I had learned

in Sunday School that, "All have sinned and

fallen short of the Glory of God." Just one small

lie is enough to separate one from this Holy and

Just God. His Word also tells us that we were

conceived and born in sin. So, that in and of

itself is enough to separate us from our

Holy God. For me? I had stolen a penny pack

of cool-aide from our little "country" store

down the street.

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God's Word says, " Salvation is so simple that a

child can understand it." I, as a third grade child,

had understood and my life was changed forever.

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More to come...