What A Difference 10 Years Makes!

I wrote this in my Bible right after I walked into my science class after chapel at school. It was spiritual emphasis week during my sophomore year of high school. I was 16. The speaker's name was Jeremy Kingsley. I just googled him and found his website. www.jeremykingsley.com. God used this guy to get to me. I was at a point where I felt all alone. I knew about God but had run from Him. I was trying to do life on my own and was just looking to make it through. I was definitely in a desert. As Jeremy talked, I remember how he made Jesus seem so personal. He said that Jesus cared so much about me and loved me so much, that when I sinned, it genuinely hurt and saddened Him. The more Jeremy talked, the faster my heart raced, and the stone wall around it began to break. I did not SEEK God, God was SEEKING me and He met me right where I was. He had given me a gift in the death and resurrection of His son because He cared about me and He loved me. Christ extended His hand to me and I reached back and embraced Him. I had never known real peace until that day.I knew I couldn't do life on my own anymore and I knew I had just taken the first step on my walk with Christ. It is hard to believe it has been 10 years now! It has been one crazy journey, but one I would not trade for anything. I still feel like a new believer with so much to learn. If you are going through a desert, my prayer for you is that you find peace in Christ, knowing He will meet you exactly where you are and you will never have to go through life along again! How cool and amazing is that?! Where were you 10 years ago? Where will you be 10 years from now?