I went to church when I was young
And one Sunday my teacher asked me a question.
How was she to know it would be so hard for me to answer
Because I was in a world without God.
First she asked me how I was doing
I just smiled and said good.
How I wish I could have just cried
Because I was in a world without God.
I wanted to cry and confess my problems
Just to get them out would feel so great.
But I had too much pride
Because I was in a world without God.
Then she asked me how my relationship with God was
Should I say what she wants to hear, that it's going great?
Or should I be honest? I was so confused
Because I was in a world without God.
I suppose it was that feeling of emptiness
That eventually led me down to the alter later on.
But when someone came to pray with me, I got scared
Because I was in a world without God.
He asked me if he could pray with me
And somehow throught he nervousness, I managed to utter out the word yes.
No one had ever prayed with me before, and I didn't know what to do next
Because I was in a world without God.
Then he asked me if I had accepted Christ into my heart
I figured I had got this far, I might as well be honest.
"No," I said. Then he smiled and aske me if I wanted to.
How much longer would I be in a world without God?
"Yes!" I said in a rather excited tone, then I tucked back down into the alter
Realizing that I had said it quite loudly.
He chuckled a little and then asked me to pray with him.
Was I saying goodbye to world without God?
So he told me to repeat after him a prayer
I shrugged my shoulders and said okay.
Was my life about to change? Is it possible
That I would no longer be in a world without God?
Dear God, he began, and so I repeated--Dear God
Please forgive me of my sins, again I repeated.
I know that you love me and I now love you.
I was definitely on my way to a world with God.
Please come into my heart, I continued repeating
And fill me with your spirit for the rest of my life
And let your will be my will.
So close to a world with God.
I will obey your commandments and do my best to live for you every day
And when I do sin, I will seek your forgiveness.
I pray this in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, Amen
Amen! I said after him. I now lived in a world with God!
I cannot express to you how awesome it has been to live for Christ
And if you feel the same emptiness that I felt,
Please pray this prayer yourself, and accept Christ into your heart.
You will reap the benefits of your decision in heaven if you decide to live
In a world with God.
(This is not my actual conversion story, but the concepts are all the same, and God has filled me with his presense since I gave my life to Him at the age of four.)
Copyright 2003 By Alvin Shaul
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