The story behind the hymns, the story of the hymn as I am,
just as I am, without saying that to others I cannot go and you
invite me to come. Blessed Christ I come to you. It was in
one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six that a young British woman made preparations
to attend a dance to be held in her village. She was named Carlota
Elliot and was of good preparation and presentation. One day she came out very
excited to entrust her seamstress to make her a gala suit for that special occasion.
On the way he met an evangelical lord, a friend of the family
and a faithful and sincere man. Carlota greeted him and expressed to him the
purpose of his diligence. The knight, with great dedication, spoke to him
of the vanity of life and the deceitful pleasures of this world. He tried
to reason so she wouldn' t go knowing the dance wouldn' t do
him any good. The young Carlota, very angry, answered her this is
none of her business and if she guided the dance the smile was performed.
Carlota was one of the happiest and most praised young women, but at bedtime
she was disappointed. She was not tired, a thorn was empty, she
was nailed to her mind. His conscience disturbed him. That lord had always
shown affection and the rude manner in which she had treated him and filled his
heart with sorrow. She didn' t want to recognize him, but she
was seeing that he was right. The brightness of this world is deceit and
vanity. After three days of painful reflection, Carlota Elliot visited the friend told
him for days I have been the most disappointed young woman. Now I ananlo
find the truth that you have what I should do. Of course, the
evangelical did not waste time in forgiving the conduct so contrary to that which the
young woman had learned with all simplicity and affection. That Swiss man led you
to the source of peace. Just give my daughter to Lord Jesus, the
one who died for you on the Cross as You are. He found this
strange. She had never understood that salvation was so accessible. The way I
am, but I' m bad, unworthy. How God can accept me
That is precisely what you have had to acknowledge. It was the response of
the Evangelical. You can come to Christ as you are. Carlota was overwhelmed
as she assimilated the simple truth of those words she went to her room,
bent her knees and offered her unworthy heart to God. He asked forgiveness for
his sins and put his faith in Jesus as his savior. Miss Elliot saw
more and more the joy of her salvation. It' s been a while.
Thinking of his experience, he used his talent to write as I am,
without saying that others I cannot go and you invite me to come.
Blessed Christ I come to you little could imagine the fame that would come for
his verse. She had given expression to her own experience, which has been
that of millions more. How many have thought too much sinners or too unworthy
to receive eternal salvation without doing absolutely anything how many have to do, pay
or deserve something, But Carlota had learned well. God accepts one as Christ.
Receive sinners who recognize their state and come to it. Or as the
author of Hebrews says in the twenty- fifth verse of Chapter seven, Christ
can also save forever those who by him come near to God by living always
to intercede for them.