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 22:17. 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.
“I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish.” John 10:28.
Peace came, joy followed, and abides still.
ML 09/17/1944