PART TWO OF MY JOURNEY

God is so good! When i was around the age of 17, God began to work in my life through my two best friends. As i stated previously, i was on a search for fulfillment, but i was obviously looking in the wrong places. I began going to a evangelical christian church with a friend, and it was here that God began to work in my heart and life. I started attending a weekly bible study, where i was faced with the question of eternal security. I knew i was a sinner, unable to be good enough to get to heaven on my own. What i didn't know was that God had provided a way to heaven for me by sending his son Jesus to die on the cross, paying the penalty for all the wrong i had done. I wrestled with this truth for several years, so badly wanting forgiveness of my sin and the assurance that i would spend eternity in heaven one day. I kept reading that all i needed to do was place my faith in Jesus, trusting that His death on the cross was able to wash my wrongs away. All i had to do was confess, ask forgiveness, and believe i had that forgiveness. I wrestled with my faith for years, and finally came to the place where i placed my trust in Him. My faith was not imensely strong... However, it is not the amount of faith that saves an individual, but the object or person in whom they place that faith in. Through that realization, God brought tremendous security to my heart. I now knew my sins were forgiven. Thank you Father!!