Billy Graham Touched My Life

Billy Graham Touched My Life by Aimee Herd

I hope you will allow me to add my heart regarding Rev. Graham
to other testimonies of the good work he has done. Billy Graham passed into the Presence of Jesus on February 21, but the impact of his life upon millions of other lives will be eternal.

God used him to touch my life too.

I'm not positive of the year, but I believe it was likely 1970, and I would've been nine years old. My distinct memory is sitting with my mother in our living room, watching the Billy Graham crusade on TV.

I remember only in pieces, but I know that we were intently listening to Rev. Graham's preaching, and to the testimonies of those who were touched by his preaching.

I know when it came time for Graham's invitation, my mom looked at me and I was already crying.

Although raised in the Episcopal Church, I know my mother and I both, that day, invited Jesus into our lives in a way we never had before.

It was the beginning of a spiritual journey for me that ebbed and flowed, but one that was always rooted in a deep awe and love for the Lord.

Years later, when I truly made a commitment to follow God, I was—and to this day I am still—able to look back at God's fingerprints at certain times through my growing up years, and how that journey was really set in motion by a faithful, godly messenger named Billy Graham.