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Being Birthed In Christ

God was speaking truly to me
but I refused to heed His cry

Then disaster struck me one awful night
my wife Jean of 10 months wed did die

In the hospital, my anchor was removed
my life partner lost her very life

My little world came tumbling down
I felt stabbed like with a knife

At my bedside, I really prayed
Lord come in, I give myself to you

For the Lord showed He was love
willing to save me and create me anew

Jesus my saviour and redeemer
took my sin with Him on Calvary's cross

Over the next weeks and months
His word became life  to travel across

To His destination within my soul
made me to truly learn how to pray

Now I had been birthed in Christ
to look forward to my eternal day

(This piece tells of the night I got saved by the Lord Jesus Christ when my dear first wife Jean died in October 1982 after only 10 months of marriage bliss, when I returned home from the hospital and received Jesus to be my Lord and Saviour and so being birthed in Christ.)

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Curtis Moorman

Date: 1/23/2020 7:31:00 AM

Gordon, I can truthfully identify with this. I lost my wife of 20 years after she spent two weeks in a comatized state. I spent every day of those two weeks watching her life ebb away but because of my relationship with Christ, I felt the greatest amount of peace I have ever felt and none like it since then. I introduced people, who had family members not expected to live, to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ so they could find that same peace. God granted it to many of them. Praise Him!

Gordon Mcconnell
Date: 1/23/2020 4:45:00 PM

Curtis, thanks for your comment, yes indeed Christ draws near to us in situations where we are at our lowest humanly speaking but showers us with his grace. Blessings always,Gordon

Funom Makama

Date: 1/10/2020 11:19:00 AM

Oh my God! I am so sorry for this. Your strength is commendable and great. May the good lord continue to strengthen you. Happy2020;

Gordon Mcconnell
Date: 1/10/2020 11:31:00 AM

Hi Funom, thanks for your kind words, I was a widow for 9 years before getting married to Christine and in a few months we'll have been married 30 years so God is good. Blessings,Gordon