Christian Testimony
I didn't accept Christ as my Lord and Savior until 1982 - when I was 35 years old! To that point in my life, I had a sense about God and Jesus, but no personal relationship. My life was like the poem "Footprints" - God was carrying me and I felt He had a plan for me, but I was not walking with Him. When I asked Christ into my life and accepted Him as my Lord, it was in the middle of the night - first in a dream about a volcano and then again when I awoke.
In that dream, the volcano was symbolic of my future and whether or not I would trust in God to provide for me. As I stood at the rim of the crater, the rising smoke and gasses blocked my view of what the crater held in store for me. Nevertheless, Christ was inviting me to jump into the crater in faith and trust that He would protect me and provide for me.
From behind me there was another voice, however - the voice of Satan. He was imploring me not to make the jump saying that if I did I would surely die in the molten lava and jagged rocks that he claimed awaited me even though I could not see them. His suggestion was that I should keep control of my life rather than giving it over to God. After all, I seemed to be doing a pretty good job, so why give it up?
But that night, I decided to give my life to God and in my dream, I jumped into the crater in a free-fall for Christ.
When I awoke, my wife was still sound asleep next to me and our house was quiet. To confirm the commitment I made in my dream, I perched myself on the edge of the bed and jumped out onto the floor to consciously give control of the future of my life to Christ.
Though my life has not been the same since then, it did not change drastically right away, in fact, it's still changing and evolving because God's not through with me yet! Part of that change is the very reason I am sharing this with you now.
My relationship with Christ and the changes occurring in my life because of it are why I now focus my law practice on Loving Trust estate planning based on 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Timothy 5:8, Ephesians 2:10 and 2 Chronicles 16:9.
The uniqueness of Loving Trust estate planning with its personalized money management and family values approach provides a way for me to use my spiritual gifts of teacher and helper to provide guidance for others in the body of Christ as well as to sometimes reach nonbelievers through secular presentations on estate planning.
Whether or not you and I ever meet and form a personal and/or professional relationship, please pray for me - that I will use all that God has given me to help others through teaching, counseling and lawyering - in Glory to God!
(I do not seek to impose my beliefs on others in any way, but would consider it a privilege to share with you or answer questions about my relationship with Christ if you are interested and want to ask.)
"On the Road to Damascus"
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