WE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED

“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

Romans 8:15 KJV

Harriet Eugenia Peck Buell wrote one of my favorite hymns “A Child of the King”.  I love these words in this inspiring hymn.  “I once was an outcast stranger on earth, A sinner by choice, an alien by birth, But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down, An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown.”

On August 14,1980, when I admitted that I was a sinner, asked God to forgive me and invited Jesus into my heart to be my personal Saviour, I was adopted Into God’s family by our Heavenly Father.  What joy fills my heart to know that I am a child of the King and my home is in Heaven.

How about you?  Have you invited Jesus into your heart to be your personal Saviour so that you too will have a mansion in Heaven?  We read in the Bible “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2).

Think about it.  Jesus is preparing a place for you in Heaven and it will be filled with peace, joy and happiness for all eternity.  If you have never invited Jesus into your heart, I urge you to do it now.  Don’t miss out on spending eternity in Heaven with Jesus.  O how He loves you.  He loves you so much He died for you.

Joanne Lowe

April 29, 2018