My Life Began On an Orange Shag Rug

"How has God proven Himself faithful to you in the past?" Lament #4 thought provoker question

For the first three years of my life, I was lost and without hope. Destined to die on that barren planet alone. (See my card, "I Was Without")
But in 1977, my life began. On the orange shag rug in our home on Swordfish Lane.
Both of my parents had recently trusted Christ to pay for their sins. My older brother had too. I'll admit, I didn't know much about what I was doing. (How much can a three year old possibly grasp?) But the one thing I DID know was that I was petrified of hell and would do anything to get out of going! I guess I'd been listening as my parents talked because I picked up that if I asked Jesus to rescue me from the trip to hell, that He was ready, willing and able to do it. I just had no idea that he was SO ready, SO willing, and SO able!
I knelt on the floor of our bathroom in Fountain Valley, California. Running my fingers through the pile of the orange shag toilet seat cover, I had a conversation with Jesus. "I don't want to go to hell. It sounds really scary and I know I deserve to go there. I do bad things. I feel bad about the things I do. But Jesus, please come into my life so I don't have to go there."
This card feebly represents what happened in that instant. With the limited vocabulary and understanding of a 3 year old, I was catapulted into an entirely new universe. No longer naked and suffocating on the surface of the moon, I was someone's daughter, cared for, set free in a world of security, warmth, light, righteousness, and LIFE. I was now able to know right from wrong, I had the resources to honor God with my actions, I was not a slave to my sinful nature, I was a brand new creation. I left that planet of helplessness and never looked back! (-by Erin)