Karen Burns
Before I accepted Christ as my Savior, I was living for me. I had grown up in church and worked hard at being good. I was the typical teenager, very involved in school activities and seeking the approval of my peers. On the exterior I seemed happy, but there was an emptiness inside me. The summer before my freshman year of college I realized that I needed something more.
My senior high Sunday School teacher had given each of us a subscription to Billy Graham’s Decision magazine. Each issue had a page that included the plan of salvation. One day as I sat by myself in my home I followed the steps on that page. I admitted to God that I was a sinner, that I believed that Jesus had died and rose for my sins, and that I was asking Him to forgive me. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior that very moment.
Now I live for Jesus. He is my hope and my strength for each day. Through every struggle of life He has been my faithful rock. The past two years my family has experienced each major life event that can bring a crisis, with the exception of divorce or the birth of a child. But my God has been faithful in each situation. I give Him the praise and the glory for my life. Ephesians 3:20
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