I Gave My Heart to God

[Jesus speaking] “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

[John 3:16 NIV]

Barbie K. writes:

I learned this verse when I was nine or ten years old. It was not until much later that I knew the true meaning of it and how it impacted my life.

It was on October 16, 1985, at 2:10 a.m., that God showed me what to do and showed me through a good friend how much HE really did love me and that all I had to do was give my heart to Him and know the true meaning of His Love.

As a baby Christian, I believed (and still do) that whatever the Bible said was law, so to speak. I was so starved for God, his love and caring, that within the first six months of knowing and following Him, I marked up 3 bibles. Everything was important and was impacting me.

I felt like I could not get enough of God.

I believed the Bible meant what it said, and when I read something to the effect of “Don’t let the Lord catch you sleeping” or something like that, I did not sleep for three days. I soon found out that was not exactly what the Lord meant.

Everyday I thank Him for what He did on the cross for me, that if I were the only person left He would have still died for me.

I am so very blessed and have never in my whole life felt more loved than I do from my Jesus. He keeps me child-like, He shows me His awesome miracles every day.

Yes, John 3:16 has impacted my life, and I thank Him for dying for me.