A Christian? When?

"Those who have studied the manner in which people become Christians tell us there are two main ways of coming to faith in Christ. One is through a dramatic conversion, whereby a person confronted with the claims of Christ yields to Him in a single moment. The other is when a person moves more slowly into faith, and sometimes cannot pinpoint the exact moment when he or she made the great surrender. What must be remembered is that both experiences are valid. The best evidence that we are alive is not our birth certificate but the fact we are going about our daily lives as living, breathing people."
Selwyn Hughes goes on to explain that he doesn't worry about whether people have a "date" of conversion as long as he sees evidence of them desiring to pray, desiring to be in God's Word, and eager to fellowship with other Christians.

I remember Olga. She lived downstairs from us in our early married life. She was of one of those denominations. They didn't believe in a time, a particular prayer, or that word "saved." But, she told of when her husband died -- when she had learned to depend on Jesus Christ. She didn't say, "I gave my life to Christ," but we knew she had.

I'd love to hear of how you came to faith. Was it in a moment? Or over the years? I'd enjoy hearing what you think of the above quote. Does it confirm your thinking? Change it?

So grateful that God knows our hearts,
Lonnie

Light For The Path
Selwyn Hughes
Broadman and Holman 1999