Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 32
by: Susan Bond.
Have you had an experience with the Lord that makes you jump for joy at the thought of it? Like the beggar at the temple gate called Beautiful (Acts 3:1-20), I was begging not for money but for an answer. A bout with depression spurred me to ask God, “Am I really a Christian?” I searched the Bible and books by Christian authors (those entering in at the temple gate).
While reading A New Song by Pat Boone, I asked God to give me his Holy Spirit (See Luke 11:9-13). A deep realization of God’s love freed me from a cage of guilt. Like the beggar, I hadn’t even recognized my greatest need until God met it. “Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven….”(Psalm 32:1, NIV).