I’ve been discovered…
Dear Friends
For most of my life I have been aware that God has been knocking on my door. A secret guarded more tightly than Fort Knox for fear my calling would be discovered. For most of my life I have ignored that knocking or only answered it on my terms, usually secretly, and when convenient for me.
The events of the last two years have highlighted loud and clear that God has worked miracles in my life and disciplined me at the same time. Most dramatic of those is Carys – a 900 gram baby recovering from an illness that comes with a 50% – 90% mortality rate when she was hardly a month old.
At the same time, God has been saying to me, "stop hiding out." A very dear friend of mine (David Brightling) recently said to me, and I paraphrase a bit here, "Most people walk through life with no vision, no calling. If you think you’re being called and it’s from God, this is a no brainer. Answer it." And so the rubber hits the road.
Where this leads me, Tess, Seb and the Terrific Trio, and what form this calling takes, only time and God will tell. The world around me is both familiar and unfamiliar at the moment. For now we’re not going anywhere, except… the next step on my Walk with God and commitment to Jesus Christ, is to be Baptised on Sunday, September 18 during the 9:30 AM service at Union Church on Kennedy Road. Yes, I was Christened as a baby – and I am eternally grateful to my father and late mother for that occasion – but this event is a public declaration and line of demarcation in my life. As a special friend in my life I invite you to attend and hope to see you there.
I also have Tess to thank for she is the one who laid the cobbles in the path that led me to this point.
"Do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart."
Proverbs 3:1
There but for the Grace of God I go.
Charles
