He Changed My Name

I accepted Christ as my Savior when I was 8 years old in church on a Sunday morning. I remember going up during the invitation, and I hadn't asked my parents about it that I can remember. We went back into the choir room with a counselor, and she talked to me about accepting Christ, and I was ready. She prayed a prayer and I repeated her words. I remember weeping, which as an 8 year old I think says something. I knew what I was doing was a big deal. 

I have lived a fairly good, clean life since then. There have been times when I was jealous of people who had a more flashy testimony, God bringing them out of a sinful life and changing their lives in a dramatic way. I have had times when I felt like I needed to do things to prove to God that He made the right decision in saving me. I now know that being saved young was a gift and blessing in that He had a hold of me young and kept me from doing some of those destructive things. I know that I don't have to do anything to prove to him that I'm good enough. He loves me regardless.

I do take for granted though that I am a sinner saved by grace. I don't really feel convicted of my sin often enough. I don't show gratitude enough to God for saving me and what Jesus did on the cross. But there are two songs out right now that when they come on, I get a tear in my eye and praise the Lord for what He has done for me, not just the blessings but for saving me from my sins! I get choked up thinking how I did not deserve what He did for me. We don't deserve Jesus dying on the cross for us. He did it just because He loves us and wanted to be back in communion with us, His creation. So listen to them, and thank Him for dying for us. I have a new name and the enemy can't change it back! I am chosen, loved, and forgiven!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrSh2xtZHdQ  Matthew West "You Changed My Name"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euUYX-jss5Y Mercy Me "Then Christ Came"