fathershane:

The gravity of it all caught up with me one night while sitting and talking with my mom. I blurted out, “I need to know if there is a God out there who loves me. I just want to know if I’m loved, and if I can count on being loved. If I had that, then I would be willing to do anything He asked of me. I wouldn’t care if people thought I was a religious fanatic; I just have to know. I need to know.” I didn’t recognize it at the time, but God the Father can’t resist that kind of desire; it is His Holy Spirit Who brings it about!

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