The Bible is chock full of stories of the Lord changing people, healing people, putting a new spirit in people, even changing their names along with the conversion. It is what He does. He loves His children and He wants them to be reconciled to Him for eternity. He wants to be glorified in their lives so they can shine His magnificence as a light to others.
God changed me step by step. Every step I took with Him this year was life changing. Not because of a miracle. Not because He answered my questions. Not because I was comforted or uplifted. I changed simply by being in His presence. It is impossible to meet with God every day and not be changed. His very presence is a miracle. He opens eyes and hearts and minds and arms and lives to embrace Him and His word. He draws His children to Him and then He changes them to love Him and all Jesus died to give them.
I wonder how there is a person alive who does not once sit on a bench by a lake and talk to God. Do they know He will be there beside them? Do they know He is in the bend of a tree, the iridescence of a duck’s wing, the splash of a koi? Do they know Jesus died for that moment–to love them, fill them, change them, save them?
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:26-27
Meeting God at the Park 