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What a thrilling story! Welcome to our large and growing family, brother! Every born-again conversion experience is unique, being individually-suited, but all of them have certain basic things in common. Your eagerness to share yours is one of them. Mine happened in 1977, so He's had more time to work in and through me, but ultimately that all evens out.

Again and again recently I've had occasion, this being another, to speculate that in heaven we will all be very eager to hear each others' stories. You and I have had an introduction to each others', but even we don't know everything yet about our own stories. God will reveal to us just how He worked in this situation and that one while we were unaware, and our stories will become even more wonderful. So, in addition to the obvious reasons we'll have for praising Him (seeing Him more clearly, Jesus' atoning sacrifice, etc., etc.), we'll be praising Him for all the miracles He's done in our lives.

To that end, let me recommend an excellent recent book to you: Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life, by Eric Metaxas. I've given away a dozen copies, and no one can put it down. Speaking of reading, do you have and read a Bible?