Happiness Is Being Born TWICE!

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Today is the anniversary of my second-birth day.
My rebirth day.
My original birth was kind of like Christmas;
Without it, there could have been no Resurrection Day.
Without my first birth, I could not have been re-born.
My life could not have been repaired, resurrected, and redeemed.
First came my birth day,
then an Advent of sorts – a long time of waiting and preparation.
(even if I didn’t realize some of that stuff,
that garbage was preparation)

then the great gift of joy in a second-birth day!
Needless to say, for my birth and rebirth
I am extremely thankful!

♫Happy birthdays to me,
Happy birthdays to me,
For both, I am thankful!
Happy birthdays to me!♫

On this day a few years ago,
I caught Him!
He had been chasing me
harder and harder,
faster and faster,
for about two months.
He chased me until I caught Him!
The lost was found!

The blind saw!
Fear fled!
The enemy ran!

That moment was the perfect meeting of the physical
and the spiritual.
The perfect arc between
the seen
and the unseen.
Grace touching flesh.
Faith bathing a heart.
Salvation invading a body of being.

It was instant, yet time seemed to stretch
into the infinite – into veritable eternity.
One moment, I was slowly dying in a hopeless world,
the next, I was delivered into Heaven!
I was like sea glass –
all the rough, broken edges smoothed –
I was remade from refuse into a beautiful gem!
I was a new creation and I felt it!

It was transformation – metamorphosis!
My cocoon dropped off!
I was free!
A newly adopted child

with a newly granted citizenship
including new customs, traditions,
benefits, privileges, responsibilities,
and a new language!
Needless to say it was a moment of pure JOY!
Joy so intense that it remains to this day.

Thank You, Jesus!
In a sense, I was born with You in that stable.
O, how can I ever thank You enough

for making that possible?!
For me, and for all people!
Thank You, our Highest Lord!
YOU ARE Wonderful!
Counselor!
Mighty God!
Everlasting Father!
Prince of Our Peace!
Happy Birthday to You, dear Jesus,
and because of You,
to me too!


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5 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. ronald long
    Dec 04, 2015 @ 10:20:40

    You nailed it brother. I wish I could just act more like my birth sake. I yearn for the original joy of that birth. The cloud of  evil this world offers is more rain than shade and obscures the sun I am longing to feel and see. Come soon Lord, we grow weary…..ron 

    Reply

    • Gloryteller
      Dec 04, 2015 @ 10:37:03

      Thank you! Take heart, dear brother. You are my strong brother! Let not evil obscure the Son. That is the enemy’s only scheme and it is weak. I grow weary as well sometimes. All the more reason to borrow strength from the Lord.
      People need the light we have – the lost, the starving, those who never have seen the Son shine. I beg you to be encouraged and take wing, my eagle-man. Stick with the plan, He is coming! HE IS!

  2. jmsabbagh
    Dec 02, 2015 @ 13:01:23

    Every day is a new birth for me after surviving a heart attack. Cheers.

    Reply

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