I grew up in a Christian home with Christian parents and brothers. Fore many years it was easy for me to pretend to be a Christian. When asked if I was a Christian I always had the correct answer. For years I did this, even convincing myself that I was worthy of heaven. Although I claimed to know that I was going to heaven, deep down inside I really had no idea if I was or was not. Inside day and night I struggled with this. It would keep me up for many nights. If I were to die tonight would I go to heaven or hell?

In my Sunday school class when I was 15 we were going through the book of Revelations. Each Sunday I knew that Christ was knocking at the door of my heart. He really used that series of lessons to get my attention. I kept putting the decision off each week for several weeks. One Sunday during the invitation in the morning service I decided that I wouldn’t put it off any longer. I finally realized my desperate need for Christ so I confessed my sins and asked Christ to be my Lord and Savior.

Since that day there would be many ups and downs in my life, but the Lord has used each of those experiences to draw me closer to Him. I wouldn’t say that nothing has gone wrong for me since then, but now I have a peace inside that God is in full control of my life. Now I can honestly say beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I were to die that I would spend eternity in heaven.