They were sitting in my office recently, a couple preparing to be married. This will be the second marriage for both of them. I asked, “When did your relationship with God become very personal and real?” The bride’s answer so touched me that I asked for permission to share it, and she graciously agreed. She said, “It was following my divorce, during a low period in my life. I was running with the wrong crowd. One morning at 3 am I found myself in the parking lot of a place I did not want to be. I said, “That’s it. I’m tired of this lifestyle. Lord, I confess that my own sin has foiled up my life. I believe you loved me enough to die for me, so that I can be forgiven. Please forgive my past. I want to be your child from now on.”

Mary said that she felt an immediate release, as if…