The most important decision in your life

Hi, Ethan... I hope you have been having fun with this blog I'm doing for you. Up until now it's been pretty lighthearted and I hope fun for you but today I want to get a little more serious and tell you about my salvation experience.
I was in the Navy... it was early 1972 and I realized that my life was not going the direction I wanted it to go... my Mama hadn't raised me to be like I was becoming. A friend's wife introduced me to the leader of the young adult's group (Myrna Johnson) at Merritt Island Baptist Church which was near Cape Canaveral, Florida where my ship was home ported. I received a telephone call early Sunday morning which I had to take on the ship's quarter deck because we didn't have phones in our staterooms. It was Myrna Johnson (I have remained friends with Myrna until now). Myrna invited me to visit Merritt Island Baptist the following Wednesday night for their services. I was hungry for Jesus (although I didn't know it in those terms at that time) and eagerly said, "Y'all are Baptists, right!?" "Yes," Myrna replied. "Then y'all have services Sunday night too, don't you?" "Yes, we do," said Myrna. "I want to come tonight," I said.
I attended the service that night. Dr. Adrian Rogers was the Pastor and he preached. Here is a short audio/video of Dr. Rogers' preaching... he was a great Christian man, a dynamic preacher and he later became very prominent in the Southern Baptist Church:

After the service my new friends and I went to Denny's for dessert and fellowship. While there Myrna shared the "Four Spiritual Laws" with me.

I guess I was hard-headed because Dr. Rogers' sermon and the Four Spiritual Laws went right over my head that night... I just didn't understand. That was in March, 1972. I continued to go to church, seek the Lord and on July 4th 1972 it dawned on me that I had indeed accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. As He would have it, my ship went to sea the next month (August, 1972) for almost nine continuous months and I immersed myself in Christian books and study. I am so thankful that Jesus saved me.
I'm so glad your Mommy and Daddy are teaching you about Jesus... I love you, Ethan,
Your Granddaddy
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