Then he said: 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. You will be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.'
As I read this passage about Paul sharing his conversion testimony with the mob that was trying to get him arrested, I was reminded that our "story" of how God came into our life and changed it is really powerful b/c it's personal. I heard 5 testimonies yesterday as I attended a baptism service and after listening to all of them I was struck by how similar they were in some ways and yet how different they were in other ways. Each one of these people were able to share "what they have seen and heard" and it reminded me that my story needs to be remembered and shared freely too so that others may know what God has done.
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