Renee’….what does this name mean? It means “rebirth” or “reborn”. I love this meaning. I love my name! I have experienced much “rebirth” in my short 27 years. When I was a child I received Christ as my Savior and experienced my first “rebirth”. When I was older and had strayed away from the Lord and was living for my flesh, I turned back to the Lord and re-dedicated my life to Christ. This was my second experience of how God can allow you to be born again. And then, on April 30, 2009 I experienced by third “rebirth”.
Being away for the last 4 months has really changed my entire life. The Lord has truly stripped me of who I was before the race. He took me through quite a process of learning to release all control over to Him. God has simply re-created me to be how He desires me. I wish I could put in words all the changes the Lord has done and how different I am today. The best way I know how to explain it is simply, God stripped away Renee’ and is molding me into the Renee’ He desires me to be. I made the decision to be re-baptized as a symbol of what God has done and I truly felt led by the Holy Spirit to declare this out loud and in front of my squad, my current family. I am rejoicing in all God is doing! I am rejoicing in the new creation God has made in me!
Side note: I have to Thank my teammate and sister in Christ, Jenni, for making the video as a surprise for me! Thank you so much Jenni, I love you!
