I was fortunate to have grown up in a Christian home. I’ve known Jesus my entire life….but that doesn’t mean I’ve always been a devout follower of Jesus when it comes to my faith.
In fact, I was what some people refer to as a “lukewarm Christian”. I called myself a Christian, but I wasn’t living out my faith every day and following Jesus in all aspects of his teachings.
I was baptized when I was 17 years old, but again I was a lukewarm Christian…even more so during my college years. I called myself a Christian, but my actions didn’t reflect my relationship with Christ.
This was all until I lost my best friend Sami last March 2013 during the spring semester of my senior year at Belmont University. Sami’s death was a reminder of how precious this life is on Earth…and when it is my time to pass I want to leave a lasting legacy that inspires many to walk a life in faith.
By this time in my senior year I was tired of the bar scene. I wanted something more. I knew there was something more…and my new revelations and cravings of intimacy in my faith I made the decision to live a life I was proud of. I wanted to grow in my relationship with God the father instead of continuing to hide from what he has for me.
This World Race has helped me exponentially in growing with my faith, my spiritual gifts, seeking my passions, and discovering the many opportunities God has in store for me. I have never felt so alive in my life!
God put it on my heart to be baptized here in Jaco, Costa Rica, as an outward expression of my new life and commitment to my Christian walk. The opportunity was readily available through a baptism with Horizon Church this past Sunday April 13, 2014 (also happened to be my mama’s birthday!!) where I along with 6 others from the church shared this public testimony of our faith.
The old Hillary was already dead…but on Sunday I buried her and came up out of the Pacific Ocean freer and more alive than I have ever felt in my life!
“We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” Romans 6:4
