Day 18 – Subtitle: Rebirth Birthdays

And today is mine – November the 18th,1975 at about 9:00 PM in Axis, Alabama.
Not all of us remember the date and time and place as vividly as I do. And that’s okay. HE knew I would need that moment to be indelibly etched on the walls of my mind and my heart for all the days of my life to follow.

On that remarkable Tuesday evening I was 23, soon to be 24.  I had a 6:00 PM appointment with a Teacher/Preacher that promised me by evening’s end I would KNOW if I was saved or not.  I did not believe him. But I kept the appointment anyway. You see I had been doubting my religious experiences all my life. I expected to live in doubt the rest of my life. I was WRONG. Praise GOD I was wrong!! I’ve never been so glad to be wrong in my life!!

So I arrived at his office and he shared Scripture with me. Much Scripture. Familiar Scripture. But it was different that time. And I did what I said I would not do. I poured out all the pain, hurt, sins committed, and unbelief that had kept me a dead woman. And in a moment of faith I believed. I believed the Gospel for myself. For myself, I believed that I was bad enough to go to hell (even deserved it and God was just in saying so), but I  was NOT so bad that I could not be saved (I had been afraid of that for so long)! That night I saw it! That JESUS’ BLOOD was sufficient. Sufficient enough to save even me!! And HE did!

My first act was to breathe. I remember taking that first breath without the load of sin and guilt and doubt that had been crushing me. And then I simply said ‘Thank You’. And JESUS smiled and said ‘You are welcome.’

For this I am more thankful than ANYTHING!!   All the wonderful people and abundant things in my life, NONE of it or them compares to HIM. NOTHING compares to KNOWING I am HIS and HE is mine.

And right about 9:00 o’clock, He also gifted me with a silly giggle. I still have it. And some day I will gladly bow at His feet and we both will giggle. Yes I do believe it. Don’t you?

So do you have ‘a giggle’?  Yes? Then you too have the greatest of all reasons to give Thanks.
If you don’t, do you want one?
HE has one for you.
For more information, just ask.

Romans 3:10 King James Version (KJV)
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
via Romans 3:10 KJV – As it is written There is none – Bible Gateway.

Isaiah 53:6 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
via Isaiah 53:6 KJ21 – All we like sheep have gone astray; we – Bible Gateway.

Romans 6:23 King James Version (KJV)
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
via Romans 6:23 KJV – For the wages of sin is death; but the – Bible Gateway.

Romans 10:13 King James Version (KJV)
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
via Romans 10:13 KJV – For whosoever shall call upon the name – Bible Gateway.

Romans 5: 8 But God commendeth His love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only that, but we shall also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12 Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed onto all men, for all have sinned.

15 But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one Man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

17 For if by one man’s offense death reigned by one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by One, Jesus Christ.
via Romans 5 KJ21 – Therefore being justified by faith we – Bible Gateway.

Revelation 21: 2 And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.”
via Revelation 21 KJ21 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth – Bible Gateway.

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” via Revelation 21 KJ21 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth – Bible Gateway.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie, but only they that are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
via Revelation 21 KJ21 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth – Bible Gateway.

A blessed weekend to you all. Click HERE for days 1 – 17. Click HERE to pray for people who need you to pray.

Brave the Dark with The LIGHT,
Kathie