Dear Souls on Earth,

My name is Cheryl and I spent the first 23 years of my life in pursuit of things that amounted to nothing. I thought that when I won prom queen that senior year in high school that life could not get any better. I had the world at my finger tips. Whenever an opportunity came to do something that would help my reputation I took it, whether it was right or wrong in the sight of God. Of course, I had my own set of limited morals, like not having sex before being engaged, and not doing hard drugs. Surely, I thought, everyone goes to heaven that's not a "bad" person, and surely I wasn't a bad person, after all, drinking was fun, it didn't seem like a bad thing!

Then an unwelcome change occurred in my life, my best friend for 5 years gave her life to Jesus. She didn't just say she was a Christian, she really was living it! To me it seemed like I had lost a best friend. When I talked bad about my old boyfriend she didn't joke along with me. When I got upset with her, she didn't fight back, but she prayed for our relationship. What could I say to that? Slowly, after her pleading with me for nearly a year to make the change that she had made, I changed my way of thinking and let her pray with me to receive Jesus as Lord.

After that point my life was never the same! I could see how the reputation I had worked so hard to perfect was only temporary and would never fill the void I had in my life. But after I gave my life to Jesus I could finally do things that made an eternal difference. And now that I'm living in heaven I praise God everyday for saving my friend and using her to save me.

I beg you to start following Jesus too, even if you don't care whether you get to heaven, do it for your friend's sake. They'll be eternally grateful for your sacrifice.

Love,
Cheryl

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