Coming to faith

Before I came to have faith in Christ I was neither unhappy or terribly thrilled with the long term direction in my life - I was more focused on getting the next thing done and seeing what happened from there.

Having achieved some of my short term goals in terms of starting a good career, I didn't have a sense of what would really defined being successful in my life.

After an 8 year journey, I came to see Christ as my savior when I was 33 years old, while circling Laguardia airport in a plane, having just finished reading the Josh McDowell book, "The Resurrection Factor."

Once I did make a decision on my faith, things began to change. Its not that I had a specific plan, but that Christ had a plan for me. I was engaged in church and began to experience more purpose in my life - initially through helping with the high school kids at my church. And both the big and little things I used to be concerned about caused my far less concern - like job security.

For example, after I came to Christ my father became ill and I went to visit him in the hospital every day for six straight months. The old me would feel like I was being put out and inconvenienced; the new me didn't grow weary and saw that it was a great opportunity to get to know my father better.

Now that I have experienced God at work in my life and the life of my family, my confidence that He is real and is at work has been proven again and again.