I Got Saved

One of my all-time favorite praise songs is I Got Saved by Selah.  I have been singing it all day remembering our beautiful service of Baptism last night at Hungry Mother State Park.  Eight of our youth that participated in our Philly mission trip took a big step in their faith and got baptized.  It was beautiful and wonderful and made this youth leader so very happy!! 


There was a river of gladness
That pours from Emmanuel's veins
This sinner was plunged beneath the flood
and got Saved.

Since then I walk in forgiveness
All of my guilt was erased
The chains of the past
Are broken at last
I got saved
Oh, I got saved

I'm undone by the mercy of Jesus
I'm undone by the goodness of the Lord
I'm restored and made right
He got a hold of my life
I've got Jesus
How could I want more

I've received nothing but goodness
I've tested and tasted your grace
I was so lost
Till I fell at the cross
and got saved
Oh, I got saved


Jesus-he is worth it all.  As a youth leader I desperately want these youth to taste and see how FUN and GLORIOUS a life with Jesus is.  I want them to see that life with Jesus is not guaranteed to be an easy life but it will be a full and beautiful life.  To see Him show up in our darkest times and then also to  bless us with mercy, grace, and provision is worth it all.

I want them to know He will never let us down.   My meager words could not portray what I wanted to say which was choosing Jesus is the best decision you will ever make.  You have now secured your heavenly home and signed up for a life of joy pursuing God. 

That trip to Philly was just that wonderful.  We worked hard, oh so hard, yet we grew as we were stretched in our faith.  We heard powerful sermons each night and heard testimonies from our youth hosts (Micah and Dalton) who encouraged us with their different testimonies.  It was a hard and exhausting week but God did a mighty work in these youths lives and last night they took the next step in their faith.  It was beautiful...simply beautiful.