I grew up a nominal Christian, in a home where my parents sent me and my siblings to parochial school and made us go to church on Sunday, but they rarely went themselves. Then, while I was in the Navy, my father went to a weekend Christian retreat and met Jesus.

When I next came home on leave he and my mother were completely different people. They were the same loving, funny, and sometimes loud parents they had always been; but they read the Bible and talked about spiritual things.

For a while I watched but didn't participate. Their change was obviously genuine, but like most people in the world today, I felt it was, "fine for them but not for me." After a while, though, I found myself intrigued by the security and peace they had inside...that I didn't...so I began reading the Bible myself. There I discovered my Creator, loving me and desiring for me to be closer to Him. And there was Jesus...sacrificing Himself for me.

Then at one of the weekend retreats my parents conducted for high school students, I accepted Jesus' sacrifice, asked His forgiveness, and became a joint heir of the salvation He earned for you and me at the cross

The first step in an eternal journey.

That was nearly forty years ago, and every day with the Lord is better than the day before. Today I love Him more than I did yesterday, I love His word (the Bible) more than I did yesterday, and I look forward with great anticipation to spending eternity with Him.

In return for earnestly and honestly seeking Him, I have been blessed on this earthly journey with a wonderful and beautiful wife, two precious children, two fabulous children-in-law, and seven amazing grandsons. And I have witnessed many miracles over these decades, not the least of which was my wife being delivered from a deadly six pound tumor the size of a basketball. So I can honestly say that I KNOW God is real, and I KNOW Jesus loves me and watches over me and my family.

I could go on an on for pages about Jesus and what he means to me...

But what about you?

I won't pound on the table, grab you by the lapels, and challenge you about where you'd end up if you died right now. But I will ask you to ask yourself if you're confident about your spiritual position and destiny.

Why am I asking?

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