Old Friends

Monday, April 18th I had a long overdue visit with my friend Shea. It had been three years since we last saw one another. She is special to me because she was bold and cared enough to share the love of Jesus with me 13 years ago. You see we have been friends since freshman year of highschool, in 1989. Infact, we used to party together. Then, after graduation, she found the Lord and got all weird on me, well that is what I thought at the time. She was always talking about Jesus and what he had done in her life. Going to a bar was no longer something she was interested in. Although I believed in God, I wasn't ready to give up on my FUN. Years later, after a bad breakup, I decided I wanted to speak to Shea. The number I once had was not in service anymore, so I had no way of getting ahold of her. Three days later, my phone rang, and it was Shea. The first words out of her mouth were, "Connie, the Lord has impressed on me to call you". God now had my attention! He knew I was ready to hear how much he loved me. He loved me so much, that he died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins, past, present and future. I never had a problem believing this about Jesus, but I had never reached out to Him and given my life over to Him. On November 17, 1997 I accepted Jesus as my Savior and have never looked back. All the weight of hurts, unforgiveness and sins were lifted off me that day. I could pysicially feel my burden of sin being removed. Over the past 13 years I have seen God do amazing things. I could probably write a book about them all. I have found pure joy and fun in life that I never thought was possible. So thank you Shea for your friendship and obedience to follow the Great Commission.