Born Again

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old has gone the new has come." 2 Corinthians 15:17.
Have you ever thought to yourself, I wish I could start over? I wish I could just be born again. Well, when you choose to have Christ as your LORD and Savior you are born again. You allow Him to live in you, and in return you become a totally new creation in Christ. All of your old ways have been washed away, and now you are to fully follow Christ.
There are so many things I did in my youth that I regret. I have asked God to forgive me of all of them. I know He has, but I still wish I had never done them in the first place. If I had chosen the narrow path then, I wouldn't have had to go through so many hard times because of the consequences of my choices. But the great thing is, when I became a devoted follower of Christ, He used all of my past discretions to make me stronger. He uses all of my horrible situations in my testimony to build others up. He uses me just as I am, so that I am a living sacrifice to Him. Sure, I still sometimes wish I could go back and redo the things I once did, but then I think, where would my testimony be? How would I be able to speak from experience? "Known, yet regarded as unknown; dying and yet we live on; beaten and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything." 2 Corinthians 6:9-10.
I'm just overjoyed to know I'm Born Again!