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"Well of course my dreams and plans didn’t work out the way I wanted, but I was still working on them...
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It was in the seventies in Galway I was a young married woman with a baby. I had dreams and plans for the future and I hung them all on my husband and child, what a burden that is for anyone.
Well of course my dreams and plans didn’t work out the way I wanted, but I was still working on them, when into my life came some people who I heard called themselves Christians, now I was sure I was a Christian but they spoke about Jesus in a way I never did, I was embarrassed by this, I didn’t know Jesus in that personal way, I discovered that what I had was a religion not a living relationship with God.
I was hoping that all my religious duties would get me into heaven. I was given a bible and encouraged to read it for myself. The Way of Salvation became clear to me. Over the months, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to verses like “It is by grace you are saved by faith, and that not of yourself, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast” I saw that I need the Lord Jesus to save me, that I couldn’t save myself by my own good work. I saw also that He had died to pay the full penalty for all my wrong doing and that through Him I could be completely forgiven and enter into a new life.
So now I know for sure that I’m a Christian in the real sense, not because of anything I’ve done, but what Jesus did on the cross for me, and me trusting in that once for all sacrifice.
What a promise, salvation is a free gift, we can’t earn it, so today don’t put your trust for salvation or happiness in anyone else, put your trust in Jesus. He is the only way to salvation.
Well back to my dreams and plans, it’s been a bumpy ride over the years, but I wouldn’t change my life now, what God has done for me has far exceeded my dreams. I have peace knowing that all the wrongs and sins I committed in my life are all covered over by Jesus’ shed blood and one day I will be with Him in glory.
This promise of eternal life is for everyone, all you have to do is put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ today.
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