My Testimony

When I was six years old my church held a Vacation Bible School or VBS. A VBS is a week long event that some churches hold every summer for children. There are arts and crafts, games, competition, singing, and at the end of each night a sermon. At the end of each night the pastor of my church would get up in front of us and talk to us about the Bible and what it meant to us. Wednesday night was a special night of the week because my pastor would not only talk to us about the Bible but would draw us a picture using chalk. He was a very talented chalk artist. He picked a story out of the Bible and drew it out for us. He divided the canvas in half and on the top side he drew a castle shining with angels with wings flying around it. It was very beautiful and bright. A place anyone would want to vacation. On the lower half was completely the opposite of that. He drew flames licking the faces of people who looked to be burning and screaming. No one, as far as I was concerned wanted to go there. Then he turned off all the lights and drew something on the canvas that didn't show up. Then he turned the black light on and the words he wrote shown up. On the top he wrote heaven and the bottom hell. So he presented us with two places and said that Jesus lives in heaven and Satan lives in hell. They both want you to come and live with them, but you have a choice to make. He said that automatically we are going to hell because we are sinners; we have lied and cheated and done wrong. But, Jesus knowing we didn't want to go there made a way to save us from that place. All we have to do is believe in that way and we will be saved from hell. He made me see that night that I was a bad person and was going to hell and needed Jesus to get my out; be my Savior. My cousins were there with me and I was scared to accept Jesus as my Savior in front of them. The pastor asked everyone to close their eyes and the people who wanted Jesus to come forward. Despite my fear, I did. Someone took me to a room and read from the Bible the verses that tell me I am a sinner and need Jesus. Then I prayed to God asking Him to be with me throughout my life and when I die to take me to heaven and not hell. I asked Him to forgive me from all the bad things I have done. It was the best decision I ever made!