Happy ReBirthday to me!

December 1st is known as World AIDS day to the world, but this day also marks the anniversary of my second birth.

In the year that the World Trade Center fell, I was reborn. December 1st, 2001 was the date of my baptism. It was a wonderful day, and I was happy to make the public declaration of faith in the Adventist movement.

This was not without persecution; inside and out.

The years and especially the months that led to that decision were tumultuous, but I had the deepest belief that this was what The LORD was calling me to, and it is still one of the best decisions I have made in my all my life! All praise goes to The LORD!

This year marks the 12th anniversary of that life event. My walk has been plagued with some potholes, bumps, dark valleys and ditches, but thanks be unto God, even during those times I have had the Son of Righteousness with me and those dark days were more bearable because of His Presence. Besides those trials, the walk has been a 1000 times better and more deeper with The LORD than when I was born only once.

You don't have a choice in your first birth, but you do have a choice in your second. Looking forward to spending another 12 years (and more) on the LORD's team. :-)