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As a youngster my parents did not attend church and were not Christians. A godly aunt asked them if they would allow me to attend Sunday school if a friend of hers would pick me up. They consented and off I went to my first Sunday school class the following Sunday after her visit. Later we moved to another state I started attending a church not far from my home. I listened attentively to what the pastor would say about Jesus and at the age of eight I asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to come into my heart.
Neither of my parents attended that church either. One night as I was climbing into bed and laid there thinking about my parents I started crying. My mother came into the room ... interesting how mom's have that instinct ... and leaned over and asked me why I was crying. I told her that the preacher said that if you didn't know Jesus that you wouldn't go to heaven. In my quivering voice I said, "Mom, you don't know Jesus do you?" That impacted her tremendously. Soon afterward mother started attending church and asked Christ to come into her heart and forgive her of her sins.
My mother died a few years ago at age 91. She knew Jesus intimately. I don't have to guess where my mother is now!
Neither of my parents attended that church either. One night as I was climbing into bed and laid there thinking about my parents I started crying. My mother came into the room ... interesting how mom's have that instinct ... and leaned over and asked me why I was crying. I told her that the preacher said that if you didn't know Jesus that you wouldn't go to heaven. In my quivering voice I said, "Mom, you don't know Jesus do you?" That impacted her tremendously. Soon afterward mother started attending church and asked Christ to come into her heart and forgive her of her sins.
My mother died a few years ago at age 91. She knew Jesus intimately. I don't have to guess where my mother is now!
