my conversion story

[franimus]

okay.. so i'm sitting around doin nothin tonight, all of a sudden "hey it's time for man praise" so after trying to rustle up my 2nd floor friends to go with me, i only manage to convince the dorm chaplain. Anywho, there was a total of only 5-6 of us there, but i put my heart into it all the more. I prayed to Jesus, told God I love him, commited myself completely to him, prayed the songs we sang with all my soul, and suddenly my heart felt full. In fact, it felt about to explode it was so full. When I pray in front of the Blessed Sacrament now, I have to clutch my chest it feels like it's gonna burst. I finally am able to reciprocate the love God has for me, and he came into my heart. I am so joyous to finally have this fulfilling love. It was nothing I had ever experienced before, and probably will never experience again. Finally I don't feel empty inside anymore. But it's not about me anymore. It's about God, and God is in everyone. So now, for me it's about everyone else. I decided/found that my patroness is St. Bernadette. I talked about that movie earlier.. and I prayed last night and today that she intercede for me.. and she did! She's just so much of an inspiration to me. To be hardworking, serving others always before self, full of love for the lord, etc.. But yeah, my prayer was finally answered... I just knelt there and wept for joy. My words do a poor job of expressing what occured... I tried to tell Cip about it, but nothing would come out of my mouth.. I could hardly bring myself to whisper that it was indescribable i was so speechless and overcome.
My life begins now though. I pray for the strength to sacrifice myself for others every moment..
I'm so happy...
St Bernadette, pray for us.