It's crazy how life has changed from this time last year. I've done school like last year. I've had friends like last year. Life has gone on like usual. Except for one thing.

God.

I am the same person on the outside. Same old Robby. Well, not quite.

Internally, something has changed within me. I don't desire the worldy things that I once knew. God has entered me and I have become one with Him. He sent His Son to die for MY sins. It's personal. It has been since Easter weekend. It's not just a story in an age-old book about some guy that sacrificed Himself for me. No...it's more. It's my Savior taking all my sin and wrongdoing onto Him in my place. All the wrath that I should have, would have, gotten was all taken on this sent man. This man, the Son of God, Jesus Christ. He died for me. Words on a blog can give justice to what I am feeling. Joy, peace, love....none of it's enough. I feel more than that....I now realize that I have a "get out of jail free card" Not like a copout, because so many of you think that you can do WHATEVER because you supposedly have this card. I realize that not everyone has this card. The fact that we as Christians were GIVEN this card by Jesus dying on the cross means so much more than any non-believer can know.

The journey to get to this point in time (the friends, the stories, the convictions, the experiences) are all gifts from God. It was all perfect, and I can't or don't expect anything less of Him. Many a time have I lost my train of thought and realized that I am a Christian. I am part of the Family now. 


So far this summer, the family seems to understand that I am a new born-again Christian. The details will unravel as time goes on, but they know enough now, and I am so blessed that they have reacted with some form of acceptance. I know this isn't necessarily the case with all parents, so it's that much more of a blessing to be blessed with loving, understanding parents.

I'm just that much more excited to be one with the one true God!!! Those that were with me through my change know exactly what I am talking about. Those that don't, ask me! I love you guys just as much as my Christian friends. I'd love to (and want to) tell you about what happened in Tennessee.

Adios amigos, I am flying to Puerto Rico for the weekend in t-minus seven hours. I'll blog from the Caribbean in the near future!