Alter call

Yesterday at church, there was an alter call for those whom are not saved. I immediately ran to a friend of mine, we'll call her "Jane". "Jane" is young and she regularily proclaims that she is NOT a christian, although she attends church with her family. So, I went to her and said, "Do you want to go down with me and get prayed for?" "NO!" She said in a firm voice and I left her side. Then our pastor got up and said, that he felt like the Lord was prompting others to come up, but that they were presuming upon the lord to have more time or something like that. Jane did not take the hint, and Jane did not accept Jesus yesterday.

I didn't expect Jane to go up. She is the mirror image of me as a girl and I would have NEVER gone up even if they called me by my first name. Which brings me to this morning. I can't stop thinking about her, me, where I was and where I am. I was Jane. I went to church with my friend and I ignored the constant tugging at my heart. My knees would shake, my heart would race, I couldn't breathe. I knew Sunday after Sunday that I needed to go down front and accept Jesus, but I didn't because I thought I had, "more time." Well, by God's grace, I did have more time. I did not die before reconciling before the Lord. I did not die before accepting Jesus. I am saved and I am going to heaven! Not by my own works, but by the blood of Jesus. Aaron used the phrase, "Before it's too late..." I am saved before it was too late. How sweet is my savior whom called me when I was in rebellion against Him!

I pray that Jane will come before the Lord before it is "too late." As I literally see her hard heart, I am reminded that I was once so hard/angry towards God. I'm just so thankful that He changed me. I can't put into words how I feel right now. But, I had to share.