While conversion testimonial stories are very personal, it is really nice to hear a very honest and open discussion of the life change involved when someone moves from a position of absolute skepticism to undeniable truth. It resonates with me because, although the events in the story are different, the overall process is VERY similar. Please take a moment to read it through. I promise it will be worth your while.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.1 Corinthians 1:18 NIV
Fox News' Highly Reluctant Jesus Follower
Photo by Scott Suchman
Just seven years ago, if someone had told me that I'd be writing for Christianity Today
magazine about how I came to believe in God, I would have laughed out
loud. If there was one thing in which I was completely secure, it was
that I would never adhere to any religion—especially to evangelical
Christianity, which I held in particular contempt.
I grew up in the Episcopal Church in Alaska, but my belief was
superficial and flimsy. It was borrowed from my archaeologist father,
who was so brilliant he taught himself to speak and read Russian. When I
encountered doubt, I would fall back on the fact that he believed.
Leaning on my father's faith got me through high school. But by college
it wasn't enough, especially because as I grew older he began to
confide in me his own doubts. What little faith I had couldn't withstand
this revelation. From my early 20s on, I would waver between atheism
and agnosticism, never coming close to considering that God could be
real.
After college I worked as an appointee in the Clinton administration
from 1992 to 1998. The White House surrounded me with intellectual
people who, if they had any deep faith in God, never expressed it.
Later, when I moved to New York, where I worked in Democratic politics,
my world became aggressively secular. Everyone I knew was politically
left-leaning, and my group of friends was overwhelmingly atheist.
I sometimes hear Christians talk about how terrible life must be for
atheists. But our lives were not terrible. Life actually seemed pretty
wonderful, filled with opportunity and good conversation and privilege. I
know now that it was not as wonderful as it could have been. But you
don't know what you don't know. How could I have missed something I
didn't think existed?
Continued ...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/november/fox-news-highly-reluctant-jesus-follower-kirsten-powers.html?paging=off
