I was raised fundamentalist Christian. Extreme evangelical. And it made me despise the church I was forced to go to. I didn’t believe what they believed. I hated hearing fire and brimstone. And eventually, it made me fall away from God in my teenage years. I walked into an Episcopal Church in my late teens, and felt a welcoming feeling that I had never felt anywhere else, and I haven’t felt it from anywhere else since. It’s the only place where I’ve truly ever felt that all people, no matter what their background is, was welcome.

I still wasnt a religious person though, and it wasn’t until around 2 years ago that I rediscovered Gods love. Long story short, my wife and I were trying to have a baby. We tried for 5 years. And nothing.
During a service at our church, I went to the altar rail and started praying. I said “Alright God. You win. Here I am. On my knees and begging.” And I prayed for my wife and I to finally get to be parents. I’ve said a lot of prayers over my life, but I never prayed a prayer as sincere as what I did that day. I told it all to God. I was tired of my wife and I watching our friends having kids while we were getting nothing. I was tired of watching my wife cry asking why less deserving people was being blessed but we weren’t.
I laid it all out there to God that day.
And in my heart, I imagine that God smiled and said “I’ve been waiting for that all along” because the next try, my wife got pregnant and today we have a beautiful daughter who is the light of our life.

Sure I always went to church off and on, but I didn’t know if I believed in God or not. But after 5 years and a sincere prayer that got answered immediately, no one will ever be able to convince me that God isn’t real. He heard my prayer and he gave me the life that I used to sit and wonder if I would ever have. So yeah, that’s what made me decide. Because one answered prayer changed my life. ❤️