What Did You Feel When You Met Jesus?

My friend Steve Shaver (@sdshaver) shared a great devotional this week in our staff meeting. Reading from Colossians 2 he said: So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, Colossians 2:6.  He then asked us to think about the moment we first believed in Jesus. What did we feel? What was the experience like? Some of us were very young, some were adults. Some of us were raised in church, others not. But regardless of our backgrounds, the results were the same. Our experiences with Jesus had been profound.

Steve asked us to list four words that described what or how we felt. Here’s some of what our staff shared:

safe
saved
pure
loud
peaceful
emotional
relief
powerful
profound
pure
joy
forgiven
included
known
loved
transformational
fear/awe
trusting
submitted
free
surrendered
worth
reverence
new
calm
care

It was a beautiful time hearing my friends and colleagues sharing what their salvation experience had meant to them. So in honor of the Lord Jesus and in praise for what he has done for us, let’s keep it going. What did you feel when Jesus saved you? What words describe what he did for you, how he changed you?

List as many words as you like here. Praise his name!