I came to Christ my sophomore year of college at IUPUI. I grew up in a church going home and had an opportunity to hear the Gospel on a weekly basis. I tried to pursue God many times for my own selfish motives and benefits. I could not understand the Gospel because of a prideful, undrawn, independent, hard heart. I desired salvation so that I could escape hell, so I tried to be moral and good and work my way to God. It worked temporarily until I got to college, that is when God allowed me to fail in every aspect of my life; relationships, school, social life, etc. God revealed to me that there was no way that I that I could maintain his standard of perfection alone. He drew my heart by showing me how unfaithful and weak my flesh was. God used many personal disappointments to humble me and at the most crucial point in my life he found me, drew me, and changed my heart. I then realized that all my life I had known who Jesus was but this was the first time I saw who I was: a sinner in need of God’s mercy and His beautiful grace. “Without knowledge of self, there is no knowledge of God.” – John Calvin