Follow Me
Jesus says two words to the tax collector Matthew (Mtt 9:9), “Follow me.“ I was thinking about life, and when I first realized the Lord wanted me to follow Him.
My cousin was explaining to me that every one of us could have a personal relationship with Jesus, which was, to me, an unknown phrase, growing up Catholic. I believed in God fervently, but I didn’t know about a personal relationship with Jesus. With that new knowledge, I moved a few weeks later to the University of Tennessee campus to begin my college life. There were so many groups out with booths during freshman orientation, presenting different opportunities to get involved. As I was wandering around, I saw a person with a fish symbol pin and I asked what organization was this and found out it was Campus Crusade for Christ. So I started getting involved with them and learned a lot of the basics of discipleship and following Christ. This was such a pivotal point in my life, and I am so thankful that I found a group (and I know there are many different groups of people who love the Lord) that I could be a part of because I knew no one in this entire state or even the South! But most importantly I found an anchor, an anchor in Jesus, that He has been my tether for all these decades of my life.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to have much of a life or what it would be like because I felt like I was pretty much on my own. Jesus became my everything at that very critical turning point in my life and now I look back over 5 decades later and I have been blessed mightily! I have family, including grandkids, friends, a home and a close fellowship group where I continue to learn about the Lord! Sure, there have been some really hard times and some really big losses over these decades of my life, but what I’ve seen is that God has been faithful and has walked with me through it all.
All because I listened to the words “follow me“.
— Matthew 9:9
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