by: Wayne Chang
I didn't grow up in a Christian home. My dad is Muslim, I went to a Jewish preschool, and one of my uncles is a minister. Neither was I a deprived child. I usually had all that I wanted. I was taught some of the Bible teachings, but not to really get me thinking. Besides, I was too young to contemplate anything about it.
Through the early years, my memory of that time is hazy, but I never remember feeling that my life was missing anything. I just trudged along, as if just walking along in like was enough. There were never any large bounds or leaps.
My acceptance didn't come from any tragedy or misfortune, nor a witness of miracles, but as a real eye opener to the truth.
I always considered myself neutral, a researcher and seeker of truth. At this time, I was exposed to Christian friends, people I'd never really knew before. They persuaded me to join a school fellowship. I went out of curiosity, not of any genuine interest in God. I believe to keep a neutral view of the world, I must stay religionless. To retain my objectivity of the world, I would have to be unbiased against anything of the world.
Regardless, my friends continued to... pester me. One person was particularly persistent in his insistence that I go to church or fellowship. I never really gave it much thought, but continued to listen (actually talk more) at meetings. Soon, I was well versed in Christian doctrine, without reading the Bible.
Finally, Teens Conference rolled around in 1995, the chance my friends had for me to convert. I met many people there, and got to know a lot about Christian life.
I'm not sure to this day why I prayed when the speaker asked us to accept Jesus Christ. It was a challenge, something that was going to further myself. Perhaps at that moment, God decided to look down at this strange defiant person and beckon me.
It didn't change my life immediately, or turn my heart from rock to mush, but I felt a change, which grows to this day. But the on March 13, 1995 at 9:30 PM, I heard myself say the words... "I accept".
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