One Sunday morning in the Fall of 1989, I was sitting in my Southern California living room flipping through
the channels. It was then that I came across two men talking about Spirituality - one of them appeared to be a preacher.
At that point in my life, I considered myself to be highly evolved spiritually; I didn't drink
or do drugs, and was very actively involved in helping others; I had a dream job, a fabulous marriage, and a new car
sitting in the garage...I truly felt I had it all.
Normally I would have continued in my channel surfing, leaving the "amatuers" to themselves. But
something one of the men said caused me to stay and listen...with every intention of scoffing & straightening out the
"errors".
However, as I "observed", I noticed that the man on TV was nothing like any preacher I had
ever seen! He was positive, he was practical, he was confident, assertive & well-spoken. His surroundings were tasteful
and elegant, he looked & acted more like a high-powered businessman than a man of the cloth...he was someone I could
relate to.
I told my husband about it and since I had a birthday coming up, he bought me a book by the man
as a gift...along with a beautiful pair of riding boots from Nordstrom's. I adored the boots, and devoured the book
tout de suite!
Although the book was one of the best I had ever read - full of practical positve problem-solving
advice and inspirational stories - its real beauty lay in the fact that it was there that I first discovered that JESUS
was God (Deity) come down to earth for 33 years, and the prophesied Messiah. At the time, I didn't really even know what that
last part meant.
Since I am from The Bible Belt, I had more than my share of exposure to Christianity
over the years. Still this fact - the absolute essence of Christianity - had escaped me. I was soon to find out that
I was not the only person this had happened to. In fact, I eventually discovered this condition - this ignorance of the only
thing that really mattered - was rampant within the "Christian" Church. I used to call JESUS' deity, "The Best Kept Secret
In Christianity".
