Is God real? Every second across the globe there are 200 google searches asking that question according to investigative journalist/author, Lee Strobel. A former atheist, Lee set out to divorce his wife because of her conversion to Christianity. Instead, he decided prove her newfound faith wrong. His exhaustive worldwide search into the biblical claims of Jesus Christ resulted in his converting to Christianity. He eventually became a powerhouse Christian who penned the book/turned movie, “The Case for Christ,” which tells his amazing story.
God has revealed His existence to me also over and over again. One of those times occurred when I was 12 when He intervened to save my life after a male relative sexually assaulted me and tried to murder me four different ways. But, instead of acknowledging that God spared my life, I concluded that He must not be real. After all, how could he allow such a thing to happen to a child?
Another instance occurred when I was 26 years old. A stranger who worked in my office building went home to his wife one night and said, “There’s a sad looking young woman at work. I believe God wants us to pray for her.” And so they did.
A year later my 19 year old angelic brother died suddenly in his sleep of a virus that attacked his heart. After his death, I believed he had to have gone somewhere. It didn’t make sense to me that that was the end of him. I came to the conclusion that he must have gone to Heaven. And if Heaven was real, God was real. And if God was real, I was in big trouble as my lifestyle was far from angelic. I set out on a quest to find out how to get right with God. Months later I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ, and He dramatically changed it.
A third instance began shortly after I became a Christian when I prayed for a husband. But not just any husband. I made out a list of specific qualities I was looking for in a spouse. Seven years later a CPA from Virginia was sent to do a months’ long audit in my office in Upstate New York. Four weeks after his arrival, we went to lunch for the second time. During that meal I sensed God tell me this was the man I was going to marry. Two years later it came to fruition. Next month is our 34th anniversary.
I share these and many other experiences I’ve had with God in my memoir, “The Road to Mercy,” available on Amazon.
God created us to know Him through His son Jesus Christ and to fulfill the plans and purposes He has for us. What Lee Strobel did, what I did, and what so many others have done, has brought us all to the same conclusion. God is real.
Jeremiah 29:13 says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Are you wondering if God is real? If so, let the search begin.
Mary Therese Hutchinson 