BIRTHDAYS!

When I was a child, I could not wait for my birthday, even though I had to share it with my sister. We were born 2 years and one month apart. So, each year we had a day where we celebrated our birthdays together. There was usually a party, we always had at least one present each, there were usually two cakes (one for each of us) and always our friends were invited to celebrate with us.

As I grew older my excitement grew less and less. Eventually I did not see the necessity of celebrating at all. It was another year, not so big of a deal when you are older.

But I have a birthday coming up of when I was saved! That birthday is a big deal to me! It is the day I was welcomed into the family of God. It was the first day I was called a child of God and God’s daughter. It was the day I felt so clean and so alive. It was the day when the colors of the trees and the sky were so much more vivid. It was the day when it seemed the gray I had been living in was washed away.

It was the first day I realized there is more to life than what I could see and touch. The day Jesus came into my heart and filled me with joy and with love. It was the day I started to walk the way God wanted me to live.

I am now coming up on my twenty third birthday of being born again. I have lived twenty-three years as a child of God. During these past twenty-three years, God has never failed me. He has never abandoned me, has always provided what I needed. Sometimes that need was physical, sometimes the need was financial, somethings the need was spiritual. He picked me up when I felt down, he comforted me when I cried. He has walked me through life’s ups and downs.

My prayer for you today, is that you call on Jesus Christ. That you ask Him into your heart to be your Lord and your Savior. That you would develop a relationship with Him. If you do ask Him into your heart today. With sincerity of your heart, invite Him in. You will be surprised how many reasons you have to celebrate your first birthday as a Child of God next year.