Entering a New Orbit

D. Elton Trueblood, author, educator, philosopher and theologian, adds insight into the magnitude of change experienced by the new believer: “The new character, being finite, can still make mistakes and actually does so; but that is not the primary fact. The primary fact is that all of the person’s powers are employed in a new way and that his movements are dignified by a new direction. He is a wandering planet which becomes stable in its movements by entering a new orbit.”

I now realize this is what happened to me, back at the point when I yielded my life to Christ.  I had been a wandering planet, but through the generosity, patience and mercy of a loving father, my life was stabilized.  I was brought into a new orbit – welcomed into, and made a member of, God’s own family.

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