J. I. Packer has been a hero of mine ever since Glen Peterson and I went through "Knowing God" together when I was a senior in high school. Here he describes the "Happy Surprises" that God brought, unexpectedly into his life. I quote his happiest surprise:
It was a happy surprise when God made me a Christian, after two years during which I had kidded myself that I was one already, since I went to church and argued at school for the truth of the Apostles' Creed. Jesus Christ broke into my life, claimed me as his own, and made me a different person, all in the space of about 20 minutes during the second half of an evangelistic sermon.
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Speaking of happy surprises, the narrative of our lives cross paths across the years and miles.
Hey! Long time no see, pal! How did you find this reference? As you can see you made a HUGE impact on me...as did Packer!
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