"Whosoever": "Freely"

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I was brought to the Lord without the aid of any human instrumentality, simply by a text of Scripture coming in power to my heart, which I had learned as a girl in the Sunday school. Loss of friends and health were used to show me how slender was the hold I had with earthly joys, and I longed for true rest and peace.
My trouble was, I was not good enough to be a Christian. I had the thought that personal goodness contributed to salvation, or was the evidence it had come. Walking alone, on a holiday, I wondered if ever the “happy day” I heard others sing of, would come to me. Suddenly a text came to my mind. It was,
“Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” Revelation 22:1717And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:17). If it was “whosoever,” that included me. If it was “freely,” there was no conditio, no cause. I stood still. I said,
“Yes Lord, I take the gift of life. I take it now.”
I knew it was mine then and there. There was no great experience, but simply the Word.
Peace came, joy followed, and abides still.
ML 09/17/1944