Charlotte Elliot

Hello, I’m Joe Pursch, and this is a Transforming Moment. Has anger been a problem for you in the past? Well, one woman’s struggle with anger actually gave birth to the most famous evangelistic hymn of our time. Charlotte Elliot was a bitter woman. Early in her life her health broke, and she was hardened in anger at God because of it. One night, a pastor visited her home for dinner, and Charlotte launched into a bitter tirade against God over her illness. The pastor looked at her and said “All you have in the world is your anger. Why don’t you trade that for Jesus?” “But how do I come to God”, Charlotte asked? “Why, you come to Him just as you are” he said. That night, Charlotte Elliot did come to Christ, and soon after she wrote a hymn titled “Just As I Am”. You’ve heard it if you’ve ever attended a Billy Graham crusade. “Just as I am”, she wrote, “without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me. And that Thou bidst me come to Thee, O Lamb of God I come, I come”. Anger shouldn’t keep you from God. In fact, it’s one of the great reasons to come to God. Just as you are. I’m Joe Pursch, and this has been a Transforming Moment.