100 years of knowing about Christ, but not knowing Christ.

I got to see a 100 year old woman pray to receive Christ yesterday! I talked to her first this last summer, when she turned 100. She went to church every Sunday growing up. She was baptized as a infant. She went though confirmation. As I talked to her about Christ, she kept saying, "I've never thought about it like that," and "I've never gone that deep." She knew about Christ, but didn't know Him. Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ So she didn't quite understand how to receive Christ, because she thought she already had! Her religious tradition had not yet become a relationship, a "first love." Then I visited with her a second time, and she warmed up a bit, I got to pray with her, but not to receive Christ, she still didn't understand. Then this third time, yesterday, we talked more, as friends this time, and I was finally able to ask her, "Do you want to pray to receive Christ now?" She said, "Yes." So we prayed a very simple prayer, and she asked Jesus to be her Lord, she confessed her sin, received Christ in, and now at 100, she's born again! Both times we prayed she was touched, and would cry. It is so sweet to be able to minister to someone who wants ministry. So many of us harden our hearts and we don't want to be touched. Well, as in this woman's case, it's never too late! Hebrews 3:14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, 15 while it is said, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME." As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." God bless your day!