Two years and a day ago, 07 April 2019, I got baptised. It’s crazy to think that so much time has passed since that incredible day, and to realise that so much has changed. I forget sometimes how much God has changed and made new in my life. Maybe it’s because I feel that I’m still walking out my salvation and that I’m still becoming new each day through His blood, but I think it’s so important to realise how significant your story is, no matter how small it feels to you. 

I’m not the perfect Christian, I don’t always get it right and I fall so short from God’s glory every single day. But salvation isn’t about being the perfect Christian, because no one can be Jesus but Jesus Himself. It’s just about recognizing who Jesus is, letting Him completely invade your life and allow Him to change you each and every single day. 

This makes me so emotional to write because I remember the girl before she got her hair wet that day in the water. I know how lost she felt, how lonely she was and how unloved she thought she was. I would have never believed that the girl I used to be was worthy of a clean slate, a new start. But because of Jesus, she did deserve it, just like every single person does. And she deserved it, and every other person deserves this, simply because the creator of the world loves us. 

The world is filled with so many opinions that change day to day, and it feels like we can never get it right. But what matters is that I know what my truth is based on, His Holy Word, and it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks about it, because it’s my truth, and no one can take that away from me. And I have no reason to be ashamed of my faith either. 

We often think that as Christians we need to stay quiet about our beliefs as to not offend anyone. But God calls us to share our testimony. And as a Christian I’m called to love every single one of God’s people, and I don’t see how that’s offensive. So I’m going to keep sharing my testimony, I’m going to keep loving people the best that I can, and my I’m going to keep doing this unashamedly. I pray today that lots of other people find that they can rejoice in their salvation too.

“But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification — and the outcome is eternal life! For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:22-23 CSB

Written by Mila Ottavini