I, along with my 2 sisters and 2 brothers, grew up in a very good home with parents that loved and nurtured us. Our parents taught us about God and the difference between right and wrong. When I was 12 years old my Mom took us to a church service. The preacher helped me to understand that all people are sinners (choose to do wrong things) and that sin separates us from God. The Bible says: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”, Romans 3:23, and “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”, Romans 6:23. The preacher went on to explain that I could never do enough good things to gain God’s acceptance into  Heaven when I die. In the Bible Isaiah 59:2 says: “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.” Then he explained about what Jesus did for us. My parents had told me about Jesus; that he died on the cross and then rose from the grave. But I had not understood before what this meant to me. Jesus was our sacrifice. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people. 1 Timothy 2:5 says: “For there is one God and mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” Next, the preacher told us that if we want to spend eternity with God (go to Heaven to be with God when we die), we must trust in Jesus and personally ask Him to come into our life and be our Lord. The Bible says in Romans 10:9, “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” And in Revelation 3:20 the Bible tells us that Jesus is waiting for us to ask Him to come into our life: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.” So that day I prayed and admitted my sin to God and asked for his forgiveness. I told Him that I believed that Jesus died for my sins and rose from the dead and that I was willing to turn from my sins. And then I asked Jesus to come into my life and be my Lord and Savior.