...”eyes and ears being opened to respond”....
Well I do think that having a mom who took me to church and sunday school prepared me to hear and want to know God in my later years....I learned at a tender age that the man Jesus loved me even if I really didn’t understand who he was or about him.
There seems to be a work God does when we are exposed to him even when we don’t have the understanding. I say this because I certainly didn’t oppose these teachings as a child.
So in my mind I believe the call to our hearts and minds begins long before our awareness of Jesus....and that call goes out to all...responding is where it becomes a choice on our part.
Then it was you that made the decision. Is that correct?