I am a new Christian, one that has grown up around the Church but not "of" the church. I was also raised Catholic. I went through First Communion and confirmation but I did not pursue further. I recently have been moving more towards understanding what my purpose was and I think that is the primary question to be asked. Why are we here?
I went to multiple churches, I can remember going to church with my Grandparents primarily and then when we moved away from my Grandparents home town we kind of stopped. I had some form of understanding and I believed it was centered on the Catholic understanding of Church, Confession, and Communion. Which I felt was ALL that going to church gave me. Little other opportunity was there for me and I know now that I was not truly a Believer.
Jump to Today and I have been regularly attending a Baptist Church, I recently was Saved and I was Baptized in a Believers Baptism and it has literally changed my life not all of this has come to me just by being saved or being Baptized, but I found that I started praying and, whether it is to be believed or not, my prayers were being answered. Money showed up from refunds, or overpayments or some other source just at the right time. Good things started happening to me and ultimately there was no explanation to it, other than divine interaction and answers to my prayers.
I believed, was saved, baptized and all because my life had been slowly transforming because of my belief. I know that when I was baptized I decided then that there was some purpose for me with God. I prayed on it and ultimately came to the conclusion that learning all I could would be the way for me to walk in God's path and to help shine a Light into the world so others could see a path.
Today I got my acceptance letter for my admission to Northwestern Theological Seminary. To study for my Theological Doctorate with a Degree in Christian Apologetics. This is the start of my new life journey and I see that my path is set by God and will use his will to help spread the beautiful story, life and reality of Jesus Christ.
