This week’s topic: if I could be anything in the world…
Easy. A child of God.
Oh wait… I should maybe explain this one.
I’m a convert to Christianity. *waits for jaws to finish dropping* It tends to surprise people because I talk a lot about God and I speak semi-authoritatively with regard to my faith. It’s totally all learned and developed over the last 18 years. I hit a point a few years ago where I had been Christian for more than half my life and I think that was when I felt like I wasn’t just pretending anymore. My parents are largely atheist/agnostic as are my evil twin, his fiancée, Jon’s sister, and her husband. For me to have the faith I do has meant lots of learning, lots of reading, lots of struggling with texts and teachings, and lots of having to get comfortable in my own skin.
I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, purchased and won [delivered] me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil, not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, in order that I may be [wholly] His own, and live under Him in His kingdom, and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, even as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true. — Luther’s Small Catechism
Now go see Becky and what everyone else would be if they could be anything in the world.