“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV
There are many types of transformative experiences: having a child, living in a foreign culture and learning their customs and language, losing a limb or having a near death experience, and of course religious conversions.
Sometimes we can choose to have the transformative experience, such as when one chooses to have a child or go live in a foreign country; other times these experiences happen to u…
