Jill,

This is a great story of how a mans love for his son can determine the out come of a person's life.

Fifty three years ago I was faced with a challenge in my life and had to make the decision of where I would spend eternity.

I had two choices, to spend eternity in h*ll or spend it in Heaven rejoicing with Jesus.  This was not an easy decision to make because the was a battle going on in my mind that had to be overcome before the decision could be made.

You see satan had me in his kingdom and did not want to let me go.  He was placing thoughts in my mind that would determine the out come of the decision making process.

These thoughts were, "Do you really believe that Christ was a real person?"  "Surley you are not going to buy into that lie are you?"  "Just look all those hyprocrates around you, you are just as good as they are!" "You are good just as you are!"  "You don't need this Jesus, you can get to Heaven on your own!" 

There were many other things going on in my mind and the battle lasted for 3 months before I made the decision to confess that I was living in sin and that I truly needed Christ as my Savior.

All of the time this was going on, there was another spirt speaking to me saying, "Come and be My Son, and I will give you a new life, I will mold and shape your mind into something new, I will give you great joy, I will give you eternal life."

All of the thoughts satan used were the thoughts of pride, which I had to overcome in order to come to the point that there was a Greater Power that I needed in my life.

You see there may be others that are struggling with the same battle, and have not come to the point that they are ready to over come "Pride" and invite Christ into their life to be the Lord and Master of their life, and become a member in Gods family.

Easter Sunday is a very special day in my life, because it was Easter Sunday 1955 that I made the decision to accept Christ, and I have never regreted making that one important decision.