'Making a life commitment to Christ was not merely a philosophical shift. It was not a one-step process. It did not involve rearranging the surface prejudices and fickle loyalties of my life. Conversion did not "fit" my life. Conversion overhauled my soul and personality. It was arduous and intense. I experienced with great depth the power and authority of God in my life. In it I learned - and am still learning - how to love God with all my heart, soul, strength and mind. When you die to yourself, you have nothing from your past to use as clay out of which to reshape your future.'
Rosario Champagne Butterfield, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, p.34.
