MY "BORN-AGAIN" EXPERIENCE

When I was 7 I had a "Born-Again Experience". Lois, my mom, & I went forward in the Baptist church we attended, to join the church. The preacher said, "Pray the Sinners-Prayer after me and you will be saved."

On the way home I asked my mother, "Am I saved?" and being the Wise Woman that she is, she said:

"How do you feel? Do you feel different? You will know when Jesus comes into your heart and your life."

The next day at school my best friend got mad at me and she told everyone in the school to be mad at me, too. So for the next three days I didn't exist, everyone ignored me. Talk about Lonely!

Wednesday, a dreary October day, on my way home from school, in the Darkest Hour of my young life, I began to pray, and talk to Jesus. In a child's simplicity and earnestness I asked Him to come into my Heart. Suddenly I was riveted to the sidewalk. The sun/Son broke through the overcast sky and descended onto me. When the ball of Light touch the top of my head, it melted into me. I felt as if warm oil had been poured all over me and *through* me. Suddenly all pain and grief was washed away, I laughed and began to sing "The Old Rugged Cross", my favorite hymn. I ran the half mile home and wasn't even winded when I got home to tell my mother The Good News!

 

My Belief-System about what is Truth in Religion has *Shifted!* several times over my lifetime. Now I take everything Within to see if it fits my "Cosmic Picture Puzzle". If it doesn't fit I'll either leave it where I found it or put it in my "pocket" or on a "shelf". If it keeps popping up then maybe I need to reexamine my "Truth". It would be difficult for me to choose just ONE church to dedicate my life to..... I haven't heard of a church of Faeries and Elves.... maybe I'll start my own..... "The Chapple of the Trees".......... <*G*>

 

I learned that my "Born-Again Experience" had nothing to do with Church/Religion; in some traditions it is called the "First Initiation." Once I let-go of my ego-self and turned to Christ, I did change. And each time I re-concecrated my Lift to Christ, there's more change and less ego-self. Someone once told me that I was loosing myself and becoming a nobody. I thanked them very much. (Ironically enough, it was a fellow Christian who said this to me. ~teehee~) It is my goal to loose my ego-self in Christ (not my Individual-Essence-Self).

I encourage Unconditional Surrender to the Unconditional Love!

Best Wishes & Prayers.

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Love & Light,

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Sharri Lorraine

(C) 1994, 2001