Dear Sarah,
I have a story to tell you. Only this story might change your whole life. Please read this.
Once upon a time....about 6,000 years ago God created the earth. In six days he created everything. He created the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky. He created beasts in the fields and the trees in the forests. He created everything. The cool and awesome thing about it was he only had to say the word and it was there. One day God decided to make man. He wanted to make something in his own image. So he created a man named Adam. After a little bit God said that it was not good that man be alone. So he put Adam into a deep sleep and took a rip from Adam. (Or was it a hip? I’ll have to look that up later.) With this rip/hip God made Eve. (I’m sure you’ve heard this story. But keep reading. It gets better.)
So this was the beginning of mankind. After Eve had been created and Adam had woken up, God told Adam and Eve that they were to live in the Garden of Eden. He told them that they could eat any fruit except from this one tree. This tree was called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. He said that if they did, then Adam and Eve would die. This was the first rule God laid out. Pretty simple right? I mean all Adam and Eve had to do was live in paradise and not eat of the one tree.
One day a Satan came in the form of a snake. That snake came sneaking about and spoke to Eve. He tricked Eve into eating that fruit from the tree. He told Eve that she wouldn’t die. He told her that God was some how holding out on Eve. Then Eve ate of that fruit and then when she gave some of it to Adam he also ate. When they had eaten it they both realized that they had sinned and gone against God. They realized they were naked and felt the shame that they had brought upon themselves. They felt guilty.
Because of the shame and guilt, they tried to hide their sin. They covered themselves with leaves. Once they had done this they heard God in the garden. They at once tried to hide. But God was not fooled. He knew where they were because God knows everything. He found them and asked Adam what had happened. Adam immediately played the blame game and shifted everything so that it pointed to Eve. He said, “The woman you gave me, she ate and then gave me some.”
So God looked to Eve and asked what had happened and Eve followed in her husbands manner. I can just imagine how she said it. The tone and everything simply because I’ve been in her place only too many times. “Uh, that snake over there, yea that one, well he deceived me into doing it.”
So God looked at the snake. He cursed the snake and said that the snake would crawl on its belly for forever. He then turned to Eve and said that she would bear children in pain. Turning to Adam he said that Man would now have to work to get food. Weeds would sprout up and make it hard for man to plant. But then God made a promise that one day He would send a Savior.
So that was the beginning . That was how sin came into the world. This was how man had a reason for a Savior. This story came from the bible and is found in the first pages of a bible. Anyways, now that you know the beginning half of the story I want you to find out the second half of the story. So this is where you come into play. I want to challenge you to read from the Bible. I want to challenge you to read the book of John. That’s it. Only one book of the bible. You said you don’t know what to do. Well I have an idea. Read John. If you don’t have a bible. Then go to this sight. It has the book of John.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=ESV
When you have finished reading chapter 1. Then look up john 2 and so on. There are a total of 21 chapters and the chapters are pretty short. While you read them. Write down questions you might have. When you finish john then comment on here and let me know. Ask me or anyone about the questions you come up with. I’m sure anyone on here would be willing to help you.
Sarah, this is important for you to do because right now you are searching for something. God wants you to be in heaven with him when you die but only God change you. God’s holding out his arms to you.
One last thing. When you finish reading John. I want you to watch this video.
http://abcchurch.org/clayton/highlife.htm
When I came to this sight for answers someone shared this video with me and it helped me get the right perspective on things.
I know I just threw a lot at you but please think about what I said. I left you kind of in the middle of the story because I want you to find out what happens next. I want you to find out what hope you can have.
I love you and I’m praying for you. Please don’t walk away but walk closer to what you’re looking for. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
In Christ!
~Ruby.
