The moment that changed my life...

Its crazy to think that one moment can change your life completely. That one conversation can change the way that you view life and yourself. I started this blog as a way to see how those moments change me but what I didn't think about is the most important moment that changed my life. The moment I knew that I wanted to give my life to Christ. Honestly lately I hadn't given much thought to this day because with recent events it makes it kind of painful, but confronting painful things are what makes us stronger right? Anyways some parts may be rather vague because I don't need to completely talk about my past but in the end I hope you can understand how one single conversation changed my life.

Here is a little history leading up to that moment. During my junior year of high school I started going to Young Life. My boyfriend at the time convinced me to go with him. I had never really believed in God because I grew up in a non religious house. My parents never had anything against religion they just weren't interested. Honestly, I think they were kind of surprised when I told them what I was doing but they were supportive of my decision. Anyways I spent about 6 months hearing amazing stories about Christ through my Young Life Leaders and it really made me wonder is there really this amazing God that can do such incredible things? The summer after my junior year my boyfriend and I decided to go to Woodleaf with our Young Life group for camp. I thought to myself maybe this is what I need to really know if I believe in God. My boyfriend was always really supportive of me tying to find my path and knew that I had to come to the decision of giving my life to God myself. One night during our week at Woodleaf we were given free time, my boyfriend and I found ourselves in front of the store at a bench. We started talking about the talk that we had listened to that night. The talk was about sins and how our sins can effect those around us. I broke down crying because there were somethings in my life that I wasn't proud of and they were things that him and I didn't often bring up because they were painful. I sat there crying and he just hugged me and told me "Regan I forgive you. I love you for who you are and even though you did things in the past that you aren't proud of and that hurt me, they have made you into the person you are today and I love you." Up until that moment I never really understand the power of forgiveness. Honestly I was amazed and that moment I fell deeply in love with not only my boyfriend but God. You may be wondering how that made me fall in love with God. Well, for awhile I didn't understand either I just kind of knew in that moment. Later when I thought about it I realized why. The bible says that sometimes God shows himself to us through other people and thats what it was. Even though it was my boyfriend saying he forgives me I could hear God in my head telling me that he forgives me too. And that was the moment that I knew I wanted to give my life to Christ. At lot has changed since then and at times I have drifted away from my faith but in the end I know that my heart belongs to Christ. I still find it incredible that a single moment like that can have such an impact on you. 

As an ending I want to give you one of my favorite bible verse because to me it sums up everything that I realized was true about God.

Luke 6:37 

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven."