The most important day of my life was when I was saved and fully accepted Christ into my life. There was plenty of times before where I believed I was saved, though on April 30th, 2018, I truly understood the meaning of being saved and accepted Him into my life.
The Revival took place on a Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday Night. I attended it on Monday because I had been invited by my friend to go and they said great things about the ceremony. The entire day at school, everyone was speaking of the Revival and the more they spoke about it the more excited I got. I grew up going to a Baptist church, though after I got into highschool I drifted away from church. Throughout my years of going to church, I never got saved. I wanted to wait until I got older so I would fully understand my actions. The days leading up to the revival were torture, there were two individuals who I knew who passed away. Resulting in a depressed mood that surrounded our area. Despite the tragedies that occured, there was good that resulted from it.
The day of the Revival was a buzz. Everyone was speaking of the ceremony there the night before, talking of the speaker there and how good the band was. It was during 5th period when my friend, Grace Powell, asked me if I wanted to go. At first I was nervous to go since it was a school night and I didn’t want to be dead the next day. Plus I hadn’t been to a church event in a long time so I didn’t know what to expect. I finally agreed to go, but little did I know what was to come. Later that day, my friend picked me up from my house and we began to travel toward the event. The Revival was held in building in Bono, though it was located in the middle of houses and could easily be looked over if you weren’t keeping an eye out. We arrived to the Epicenter, and my first thought was how old the building was. The first thing I smelled when I entered the center was a mixture of popcorn and the smell of a really old building. The Epicenter is used for little country concerts, so it had the rows of movie chairs that would lean back and touch the floor if I wasn’t careful. We started off the night singing worship songs, and that's when I began to feel this odd pressure on my chest. The longer the night when on, the heavier my chest felt. Until they sung “Reckless Love,” and the pressure went away, then my chest began to feel light and my body felt like it was buzzing. By the end of the song I knew what needed to be done. I could barely stay still the rest of the night. After we finished worshipping, the speaker gave his devotional.During his devotional he asked a simple question which laid heavy on my heart. He asked us to raise our hands if we knew exactly where we were going, and I couldn’t answered the question. I knew at the moment that I wanted to be saved and I knew what Jesus Christ meant for me. So when he began invitation, I jumped out of my seat. I knew what I wanted to do and I couldn’t stand a second longer waiting. The moment when I said the prayer is a moment I’d never forget. I never felt so much joy in my life.
Getting Saved has been an experience I’m grateful that I was able to go through. I believed that I wasn’t worthy enough to be saved and always pushed the thought of being saved away. People experiences a day like this everyday, but little did I know that during some individuals worst days of their lives, would I be experience the most important day of my life.
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