Romans 3:23 - "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (NIV)
Romans 6:23 - "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (NIV)
Romans 10:13 - "For everyone who calls on the name of Lord will be saved." (NIV)
Romans 12:1&2 - "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God -- this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good, pleasing and perfect will. (NIV)
Hebrews 13:5b - "God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (NIV)
Joshua 1:5 - "No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you." (NIV)
I have never ever regretted asking Jesus into my heart to be my Lord and Savior. He has never disappointed me, although I have disappointed him. The beauty of my relationship with my Savior is that if I confess my sins he forgets them to remember them no more. His love is unconditional. He has led/guided/directed my life in ways that I would have never expected. He has saved me from myself and my selfish ways time and again showing me that His way is the best way. He has kept me from harm/death because there were many times when my life should have been snuffed out and it wasn't. He has a plan and purpose (Jer. 29:11) for our lives and it's a good plan!!! It took me many years to learn that and to really let it take hold in my life when I was younger.
I came to the Lord at 12 years old asking him into my heart and life. I had no clue what that really would mean until I was in my 20's. My life had been filled with so much turmoil from a little child to young adulthood. I even got to where I was having suicidal thoughts/tendencies. It wasn't until I got help at a full time, live in, Christian counseling center (Mercy Ministries) that I was able to get my life on the track God had for me. While there all that I had been taught from the Word of God came alive as I got the help I so desperately needed to move forward in life. That was a little over 30 years ago. It's hard to believe it's been that long but it has.
My life today is so wonderful. I have an incredible husband and an amazing son. Our son is being afforded all that I wasn't when growing up. We have supported his dreams as an elite athlete since he was 8 years old. We don't regret a moment of it either. We have done our best to instill in him to do his best no matter what he's doing and leave the results in God's hands. We have also done our best to instill in him that everything that he does in life to do it as unto God and to always have him at the center of your life.
It's how my husband, Scot, and I live our lives. We do our best in all that we do and leave the results up to God. We trust him in every area of our lives. He is everything to us. In our home we trust in the Lord completely and do our best to do his will when he makes it clear to us.
We will never regret a life of devotion to God. Folks have said things to the effect of what if you get to the end of your life and there's no God and death is just the end and there's no more? To that I always say I'd rather have wasted my life believing in God (which it isn't a waste) then to discover at the end that there is a God and have not believed and spend eternity in hell. Believing is so much better than risking going to hell if I turn my back on God, which I will never do. The one is so much better than the other and I sure don't won't to test that theory and find out I should've believed when I didn't. Just saying.
You will never go wrong by choosing Jesus!!! And you do have a choice! What's your choice going to be???
