The day my son was born is the day I was born again, too
In the Church of Christ, we teach that a person is “born again” (Gospel of John 3:3) when he comes up out of the waters of baptism.
If that is the case, I was “born again” on March 4, 1987.
But the day I was truly born again (or maybe we can say most born again) was September 24, 2012.
That was the day my son, Daniel, was born.
Before that day, I was just trying real hard to make believe God.
But when I heard my son’s first cry and they put him in my arms, I didn’t have to try to make believe anymore.
For the first time in my life, I knew God for real.
In that operating room where they took Daniel out of my wife’s womb, I found myself in a trinity of trinities.
The first is the trinity of our new family: Daddy, Mommy, and Daniel.
The second is Jesus, me, and Daniel. As I learn about manhood by following the life and teachings of Jesus, I pass on that manhood to Daniel...