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What if I Wasn't Born Into a Christian Home?

What if I wasn't born into a Christian home? I know as a child I had this thought often, even within the past few years. I am not a Christian just because my family is, or because I went to church for years even as a little child so I heard the gospel all the time, but I am a Christian because I personally made the choice to accept Christ as my Lord and Savior. Yet, everything else really did help. I mean, I started thinking today with that question and my thoughts immediately jumped all over the place: Would I know who my dad was? Would I have moved around a lot? When would someone have taken the time to tell me about the gospel? What would I have reacted to that message? Would my family be another religion?

I am just surprised, as I take time to think about it, how much the life that I was born into really shaped who I am today. I would not have been overseas and moved as much as an MK if I was not born into my family (or the chances are very slim, which is another topic for another time). I would not have been able to accept Christ at such a young age unless someone reached out to me when I was so young. I would not have had all these years to read the Bible and learn so much about it from AWANA, church, Sunday School, and so many more.

I just also think it is so cool that everything that happened in my life is not only based on my family but their faith which is now mine, too. I mean, if my life was the same except my parent's weren't Christians, there is no likelihood that I would be taken overseas so soon in my life, or that I got to attend many Christian schools. I would have thought that both Saturday and Sunday were free days, and who knows how my parents would handle me when I would disobey.

I guess it is not worth wasting time on the "What-if's" but all I can say is I am thankful of who I am today. I am not perfect, and God is still working on me, but I am thankful for all the friends and most of the memories (not the embarrassing ones) I have to hold on to for the rest of my life (or until I get dementia).

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