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.