Alive

A few weeks ago, Sprite, Tempest, and I went to a True Girl Pajama Party.

True Girl is a program that partners with parents to help their daughters know and embrace their identity in Jesus, instead of culture.

It was a great time of truth, worship, skits, and togetherness.

During this event, there was an altar call.

You Southern Baptist’s know what I’m talking about.

Well, there were people up front ready to talk with parents and their daughter about gospel understanding and giving their life over to Jesus.

Sprite was interested, but only wanted to talk through it with me.

So, once the event was done, we talked.

We’ve had many prior conversations about the gospel and what it means to become a Christian.

But, we’ve been missing a piece.

The Holy Spirit.

And, He was ever-present on this night.

It was absolutely palpable.

So, we walked through the gospel message, with the use of our Church’s family baptism class material.

Her understanding was there, as was her desire and tug to turn from her sin and follow Jesus.

And, it was beautiful.

She prayed the sinners prayer, pausing with every sentence to take a deep breath as tears continued to fall, and invited Jesus to be King over her life.

As I sit, write, and remember, I am flooded with vivid emotions and visual mementos of this moment in time.

It’s one I pray I will never forget.

A couple of weeks later, she was baptized.

It’s beautiful, isn’t it?

“buried in death and raised in new life.”

She is transformed.

A new person, alive and filled with Jesus.

Her testimony

Before I met Jesus, I wanted to be in charge and rule myself. I thought I could be like God and that I could be perfect without Him. But God showed me His power through reading the Bible and realized that I am powerless, which made me feel very alone and sad. I tried to push away those feelings by doing other things, and not talking to God about it. But I started to see that I needed Jesus because all those other things weren’t helping. I was still sad and alone on the inside but looked happy on the outside. But when I was at a girls event with my mom, they started singing about giving your life over to God, I felt like I needed Him in my life. So, I talked to my mom, and we read through the Gospel message. I took a deep breath and thought, “should I do this?” And I could hear a little voice in my head that said, “don’t do this”. But I shut it out.” I could hear God calling me, so I prayed and asked Him to be King over my life. When I became a Christian, I felt happy inside and I’ve never felt this way before. I felt like all the chains that were holding me down were lifted…forever. I gave my life to God on April 7th, 2022, and it was the best thing that has ever happened to me.

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:13