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Returning to My First Love

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   As I knelt on my darkened living room floor in
Sherwood, Oregon, October, 1991, confessing my
sins and sinful nature, repenting for it all that hurt God so, more than a tingling set upon me, like
electricity coursing through me, I began to wail
uncontrollably. I could not stop, until it was ready
to stop. I shook like never before.

   Before, I felt dirty, stained. When it was over, I
felt clean, refreshed. And as I finally stood, I knew
something very special had just happened. I had
been born again, and joy filled me to overflowing. I
realized at that moment, I was now Jesus' own for the rest of my life.

   That experience was some 34 years ago. I never
had that kind of experience again. I did not need to.
But it was kind of like a "reset," remembering the
moment, thinking about it again. It fired me up. It
re-kindled an old flame. I returned to the place
of my first love, with my Lord and Savior all over
again.

   You ought to try it. I hope the church in Ephesus
did. 
 

Revelation 2:4-5

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by J Alan R
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