21 years ago, I was sitting at my
computer at Southwest Baptist University typing a paper. My good
high school friend, ‘Becca Creed called to tell me it was her birthday and I
had forgotten. I was so happy to hear
her voice. This was back before cell
phones. We were lucky enough to be in
the same area code even though we were 30 minutes apart, at different
schools. Long distance calls to your
friends were expensive.
I told ‘Becca that I was writing my
testimony for my Old Testament class.
Dr. Bing Bayer was my professor and I was stuck in a class with ALL
seminary majors. I had been one of the
last kids to sign up for classes my freshman year. There had been a mix up and now by God’s
great blessings I was stuck with these incredibly holy kids and my all-time
favorite teacher of the Bible. I told
her how scared I was to share my testimony.
I didn’t even know where to start…
I grew up going to church whenever
the doors were opened. My parents were
Christians and we read the Bible at home too.
I knew God’s word. I had gone
forward in kindergarten and gotten baptized.
My memories were of my friends doing it though. Granted it had been a long time, I still just
didn’t have a good feeling about it all.
‘Becca
said to me, “Angie, you’re a better
person than I am!”
Immediately,
my whole life flashed before my eyes. I
was a good person. Whenever, I brought
new friends home or started dating a guy, my dad would ask me one
question. Are they a Christian? Not do
they go to church? Do they get good
grades? How did you meet? Always, are they a Christian?
Many
times I would answer with something like, “I think so. Their family seems like good people.”
Dad
would always say, “Good people don’t
go to heaven. Saved people do.”
I’m
not asking you to question your faith.
This is just the path that I took.
I prayed to Jesus that night to come into my heart and save me from my
sins. It took a lot of faith to move
forward from that spot. I went forward
at my church again and was baptized again.
God knew my heart as a child, but I knew my heart in that moment.
What
I am asking you to do is think about the people around you. Jesus is coming back soon OR you could get
hit by a truck tomorrow. Is your heart
right with God? Are the people in your
family going to join you in heaven? Do
the people you work with know Jesus? Are
you walking a walk that is a testimony to nonbelievers?
Happy
Birthday to my friend, ‘Becca Creed Nimrod!
Happy Birthday to me on my Christian birthday! I am redeemed by the blood of the lamb! Saved forever I am!
HAVE
YOU EVER…been saved?
For all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God. Romans
3:23
For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
For everyone who calls on
the name of the Lord will be saved.
Romans 10:13
