You may have heard that Jeff Dorgelo passed away Monday after a battle with liver cancer. He was too young. I visited him a couple of weeks ago and asked him about his faith. I wanted to be sure he was prepared to meet his God. He assured me he was, and with tears in his eyes, recounted the story.

He was attending church and I shared an illustration that made sense to him. I described Jesus as a bridge that connected a holy God (Who couldn’t understand sinful man), and sinful man (who couldn’t understand a righteous God). To find peace with God we have to cross the bridge, which was accepting Him as our Savior. Jeff said he thought to himself, “That makes sense”, and believed right then. He had to do some growing, but he had crossed that bridge.

I don’t remember using that illustration, but I’m glad Jeff remembered and got it. Today he is with the Father in Paradise. Have you crossed the bridge yet?

What will you remember about Jeff Dorgelo?

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