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lily butler
May 05, 2007

although i was brought up in a loving christain home and community i never understood what comitting my life to christ really meant. i would go to church with my parents, pray when i needed to and do what i thought was right. it wasn't until i was about 11 that i decided there must be more to christ than church.

i decided to follow jesus with my whole life. even then i didn't really understand what it meant. i thought life would get easier but it didn't. on a weekend away with my youth group i decided that if i was to follow christ it was now or never and from then on i have been following christ with my whole life.

one thing in my life that made my realise that i am so grateful that i have eternal life was that one of my best friends rachel became really ill and had to go to hospital, she was really sick and almost died. i saw her pain and suffering not knowing what was going to happen to her.

it made me realise that because i follow christ i have no reason to doubt i am going to heaven and no need to fear death. i know that what ever happens i can trust in jesus and will go to heaven when i die and life eternal life there.

even though i now followed christ, i still depended heavily on my friends and tried to seek their approval. then one day my parents told me we were moving to australia. this was my worst nightmare losing all my friends and the things knew. i didn't think i could live without them. it wasnt easy but god brought me through it and gave me someone i can depend upon not matter where we are or who we are with.

this made me realise even more have grateful i am for following christ and have recieved eternal life and will go to heaven when i die.