There are
many out there who interpret the recent events in my life as a turning point; a
rebirth if you will. Most of the
religious people who I have come in contact with during my lifetime have tried
to “save” me, which means they thought I was a lost soul; they could not have
been more wrong. Even though I did not
understand the significance of many biblical events or Jesus’ place in the
whole biblical picture, there was never a time when I was not searching for
“truth.” For sure, a lot of things in my
life have caused me to veer off the path to salvation, and I am far from being
“without sin,” but I was always “seeking.” I think many folks are, silently,
the same way.
Essentially,
my recent “enlightenment” was nothing more than a better understanding of
biblical events and a confirmation of the beliefs I already had. What truly amazes me is the sequence of
events that took place leading up to the day when my life changed. Like I said in my previous writing, I had not
attended more than a very few church services since I was a child and I am
still perplexed about my sudden attendance at Lane Baptist Church, and my
attachment to Pastor John Howard. This
relationship was all in place before the event that caused my enlightenment.
I think,
most folks, finding themselves in a situation like the one in which I found
myself on the morning of March 10, 2013 would have given a different response
to the question that was posed to me.
“Do you want to go to the hospital”? I was asked. “No,” I replied, I want to go to church. Does that sound like the response of a lost
soul? The really amazing part is that at
any other time in my entire life I was not affiliated with a church and would
not have had a place to go! Could my
attachment to Lane Baptist Church and John Howard have been divine
intervention? I think so. My guardian angels were watching over me
during a major event in my life.
To all of
those who thought I was a lost soul, I respond with the words of our true
guiding light, “I came and ye knew me not.”
