Salvation in Christ

As I learn more about people, and more about this world, I see what a miracle salvation is. When I just think about some of the unbelievers I know, and how cool it would be for them to come to Christ, I realize that it's a miracle that I'm saved. Without Christ working in my heart, I never would have turned to Him. Now I can't imagine life without Him. What a joy it is to watch someone turn from darkness to the Light. In two recent occasions, I saw this very thing. One is a man who is very close to me who, since his birth, has been prayed for for three generations. Within the last two years he came to Christ. Oh, how excited I was! And now to see him growing and changing in the Lord. Another is a young man whom I know just barely, a young man who strayed far from the Lord. Recently he renewed his life in Christ. Now I see him with a joy and kindness in his eyes that was never noticeable before. It's so neat to see God's hand working. Indeed salvation is a miraculous thing: a thing only God can do. Salvation is in its self such an awesome thing. That God would send His Son, Jesus, to die for the human race: His enemies who were dead in trespasses and sin. Not only did Jesus free us from our sins, but brought us into glorious light. And here's a slammer, something I've been thinking about of late, that God would reward us for our good deeds, even though it is with His power that we do those things. Indeed, God even looks for reasons to reward His children. All I can say is that our God truly is an awesome God!