I Just Know!

My salvation happened when I was ten! I knew it was time to acknowledge Him.  

     Actually, I never remember not attending church, so I don’t remember having this sudden “Jesus Moment!” I just knew! He was in my heart. 

     I do remember Mother being outside washing clothes in an old washpot when I talked with her about being saved. I do remember walking the aisle and Mother having to motion Dad to step back and let me out of the pew. I do remember the other girl who was saved the same day. 

     There have, of course, been a few times in life I doubted my salvation because of hearing others speak about a sudden salvation experience. However, I never doubted in the times I was straying in sin because there was a tugging, a guilt, a knowledge that Jesus was clinging to me and pulling me back. When I, knowingly, offend someone, I have a tugging to ask forgiveness from them and from God. I live with sin, so I know the cleansing grace which God provides when I sincerely repent. 

     I have a yearning to please God. I want it! It is not a burden! I love the joy in my heart when I talk with God. There is a peace even in the hardest of times, and it comes from knowing God and His promises. 

     If you ask me how I know I have salvation today, I would say: 

 

I Just Know

 

You may ask, “How do I know?”

I just know that I know that I know.

There’s a joy in my heart.

I gained it at the start. 

It’s forever and forever.

It’s sealed within-

Never to be unzipped.

I’m gripped,

Held tight,

Given the light.

I know that I know that I know.

I won’t be dropped.

I won’t be let go.

I’m held stable,

For He is able! 

There’s no question mark which lingers.
I’m held tight within His fingers. 

I accepted!

God washed me clean,

And He’ll never let me go!

 

Mary Crisp Jameson   9/10/2025 

“Therefore, He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25 NIV 

 

To Know

It is good to wake and know! Know that I am loved! Know that I am loved by God. How do I know? 

 

1 John 4:8, “…God is love.”

John 3:16, “God so loved the world…”

John 13:34, He says, “…I have loved you.”

 

I Do Not Know But I Know!

I did not know if there would be electricity when I woke this morning because of the predicted weather, but I was hopeful. I did not know if the ground would be covered in ice or snow but it was predicted. There was only one thing I knew for sure about this morning when I went to bed last night, and that was that God would be in charge. I was in His care. My surety in life goes something like the following: 

I Know Not

 

I know not what life will bring

But I know how my story will end.

For that I give praise to the King.

I know not the joys or challenges ahead,

But I know of the final victory

Because of the blood my Savior shed.

I know not how long I live

But I know who always does

And what He came to give.

I know not of what, tomorrow, I face, 

But I know who holds the future

And about God’s grace.

So many things I do not know

But I know, my life, God bought

And in heaven, for me, He makes a space.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 1/15/2024

 

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.” Proverbs 27:1  

“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” James 4:14