My name is Katie and although I don�t know the exact moment it happened, or if there was one exact moment, God came into my life and changed me and I have never been the same. I am a Christian�a follower of Christ. When I was about four, I prayed with my mom and asked God to forgive me of my sins and come into my life. I think I did understand then that I was a sinner, and that that would keep me from heaven and I believed that Jesus would save me from my sins if I asked Him. But I don�t know if I fully understood what sin was and how it could separate me from God.

   As I was growing up, I would get frustrated. I wanted to do what God wanted me to do, and be what He wanted me to be, but I didn�t really see evidence of Him in my life. I didn�t feel His presence or see Him change me. The summer of 1997 I went to a crusade with the youth group at my church and at the end some of the girls wanted to go down to the field and rededicate their lives to the Lord. I remember sitting there and thinking that I hadn't fallen away, so did it make sense for me to go too? Nothing had �worked� before, to finally know God the way I wanted to. Then I just went with them.

   As I walked down the steps, something came over me. Somewhere between my seat and the field of the stadium, the fear of death left me. I wasn't afraid to die anymore. I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that God was there and that He loved me and that I was His. It was after this event that I really began to grow in Him. I started seeing myself change slowly, from the inside out. He transformed all my attitudes and desires. He gave me hope and assurance that He is in control. In the years since, I have seen Him work in incredible ways, giving me peace in dark times, and leading me to do things I never thought I could do. And I am still changing and becoming the person He created me to be.

   Why didn't He do that earlier in my life when I first wanted Him to? When was I really saved? I don't know. And it doesn�t matter so much. He was with me the whole time. Even when I didn't know it. And He chose me and had a plan for me. Maybe He waited until I was old enough to really understand Him, or maybe He let me struggle so it would mean more to me that He really was there and that He was who He said He was. One thing I know is that His ways are higher than mine. In Isaiah He says, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."

God wants you to know Him. And He is with you. He is Love itself and He is chasing you just like He chased me, longing for you to know Him. If you are interested in knowing God a good place to check it out is The Four Spiritual Laws. These laws are based on the Bible and tell its main message. Also, check out His Word directly. The Bible.