Is Nice Enough?
Before I was a Christian, life was pretty good. Nice family, nice friends, nice school, everything was great. One of my friends at school was a Christian but we never really talked about it much.
Then one day she invited me to a "music" concert, which was a Christian event. It was ok, the bands were all good and her friends from church were nice, but I didn't really listen to any of the talks.
However, at the end of one of the talks, the guy who was speaking said to stand up if you wanted to know God or find out more. My heart was pounding and I started crying, but I didn't know why, so I thought there might be something more to this. I thought I would give it a go and I started going to church with my friend, not really knowing what to expect.I didn't know what to expect
I didn’t really think there'd be any big change; I was quite content with everything in my life and didn't feel like I was missing anything, despite the unusual experience of the day before. I definitely didn't expect what happened.
People told me about God's forgiveness, but why would I need it? I wasn't even 15, it's not like I had had much of a chance to do anything really bad! But learning more about God, I realised that I just didn't measure up to His standard. In the Bible, God said that for everything I'd ever done wrong (Christians call this sin), every bad word I'd said to anyone, every jealous thought, I should be punished. I realised how much I needed God, so I asked Him to forgive me. He did. He loves us so much that He even sent His own son Jesus to die for us, so that we could be forgiven and be able to call Him Father. But He didn't leave it at that. He met with me and I’ve been getting to know Him better ever since.
