The story is told of a woman who was saved later in life. Wanting to make up for lost time, she committed entire portions of Scripture to memory. Books of the Bible. Epistles. Favorite passages.
She hid God’s Word deep in her heart.
As the years passed by and her mind and eyes grew dim, many of these scriptures slipped from her memory.
Finally, only one verse remained. A verse she recited to every person who came to visit.
“I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him.”
(2 Timothy 1:12)
As her final years continued to wane, part of this passage slipped away as well.
All that remained in her mind and on her lips were the words: “He is able to keep that which I have committed unto him.”
On her death bed, only one word remained. For the last time, it escaped her lips with her final breath.
“. . . Him.”
At the end of his life, John Newton said,
“My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior!”
Everything else will fail one day. The only One who never will is “. . .Him.”
“Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” Psalm 90:2
By Bethany Hayes
Used by Permission
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