October 25, 1989

Today’s my birthday.  Not my physical birthday, although I feel every one that passes.

Today is the day, 19 years ago, that I became a follower of Jesus!

BEFORE OCT 25, 1989:

I was a church attender long before that.  I sang in some of the youth productions we did at church.  I even had someone dunk me under the water and get me wet before October 25, 1989.

But that night was different.  That night, I met Jesus.  I mean I met him personally.  I understood that Fall night as a sophomore in high school that Jesus paid the price for my eternal soul.

That is also the night that God called me to preach his gospel as long as I am alive on this earth!  I was not always faithful.  I did not always follow the plan he had established for me.  BUT…ultimately I surrendered to one of the very few things I have ever been “certain” of in my life.

God called me to preach.  That is perhaps the highest honor I can possibly imagine to bestow upon someone.  Jesus placed 1 Timothy 1:15-16 in my heart as my life verse(s).  It says:

“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.”

Thank you Jesus for choosing to use a pitiful soul like mine to reach out to those who have never heard!