Yesterday, I celebrated a milestone- a spiritual milestone- twenty two years since I asked Jesus as my Savior, and began a relationship with Him. Until yesterday, I always refered to it as my "spiritual birthday"- it is , of course the day I was born into the Kingdom of heaven. But yesterday bloomed a new meaning from this sweet relationship.
It all started with a simple post on facebook. I decided I wanted to share what a special day it was for me on a status post. Then the most exciting comments began to roll in! A dear friend commented how cool it was to celebrate an anniversary with Jesus, another one commented how long she had been in realtionship with Jesus- 37 years! and it became more like a walk down memory lane for those who were relationship with my Jesus!!
What I discovered was a new perspective of my relationship WITH someone! I had viewed this day as a celebration for me (selfish as I always seem to be) instead of a celebration of a relationship that began that day! I spent the rest of the day recovering memories of the ups and downs I have had and how faithful Jesus has been to me over the years!
This new perspective vastly challenged me to think more in the terms of growing the bond with Jesus- like how I can work at my relationship with my Savior to make it stronger. Just like I strive to make my realtionship with Craig better, I need to constantly think of ways to grow closer to Jesus and to understand Him More and grow with Him! I have always seemed to think of this as "my realtionship" , but it always begins with Him, and is about Him!
Wow! I can't wait to celebrate my annivsersary with Jesus next year and look back on what we've been through together over this year! Its going to be amazing!!
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