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My Baptism Story - Nicole Shanahan (RFK Jr’s running-mate)
Twitter/X ^ | Feb 2025 | @NicoleShanahan

Posted on 02/25/2025 8:40:19 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Sometimes life has this way of turning down the volume on all the chaos, and in that stillness, we get a clear glimpse of what truly matters. One of these moments occurred in my life last month.

It was a quiet January night, just a few days before the presidential inauguration. I was lying in bed in the middle of the night with my six-year-old, Echo, gently calming her after a night terror had awakened her. As she finally drifted back to sleep, I felt a heaviness settle over me, thick and suffocating, like the air before a storm. It pressed against my chest, not like a weight, but like a presence—something unseen yet undeniable. At that moment, I could only think to bow my head, close my eyes, and offer a silent prayer to God.

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

In September 2024, our family suffered a heart-wrenching loss—one I’m not prepared to speak about in detail yet, but I will when the time is right. Not long after the tragedy, I met an incredible woman named Diane, a bishop, who had prayed with me after my loss and was the first to ask me if I wanted to be saved. (I’m still getting the hang of the lingo. Some say pastor, preacher, or minister, depending on the church—but I know Diane as a deeply faithful soul who helped guide me closer to Jesus. For that, I am forever grateful.)

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Praying for Elon Musk next!
1 posted on 02/25/2025 8:40:19 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
For those who are searching, who feel the same longing I once did, I can only say this: keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. Faith is not about having all the answers but about trusting in the One who does.

Thanks for posting this.

2 posted on 02/25/2025 8:47:07 PM PST by aposiopetic
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Awesome! Thanks!


3 posted on 02/25/2025 8:51:19 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Nicole is a good person, and a great example of how anyone, no matter how rich or poor, can grow and change, forgive and be forgiven.

A former leftist, standing in front of a crowd of conservatives and not only declaring her support for Trump but joyfully signing her ballot proves it:


4 posted on 02/25/2025 8:56:00 PM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

So will I.


5 posted on 02/25/2025 9:01:59 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Praying for Elon Musk next!

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The Pope comes first. I pray he finds Jesus soon before he dies.


6 posted on 02/25/2025 9:29:05 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well said. I am so happy for Nicole.


7 posted on 02/25/2025 9:48:19 PM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

A MUST READ FOR THE WORLD!!!!!! Thanks for the post!


8 posted on 02/26/2025 12:32:01 AM PST by Maudeen (https://patburt.com/ (a true story to share); https://thereishopeinjesus.com/)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I was lying in bed in the middle of the night with my six-year-old, Echo [...]

Six-year-old what?

Golden Retriever?

I realize that "Echo" was originally the name of a nymph in Greek mythology, but giving a human child a name like that is cruel!

Regards,

9 posted on 02/26/2025 1:33:05 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I had a feeling that she might be close when I saw the video she did for MAHA/MAGA. It didn't seem like the thing a wealthy, tech-connected woman would do - with such a soft heart and bold vision.

Hey, if Jesus could reach Saul of Tarsus, he can reach ANYBODY.

10 posted on 02/26/2025 2:55:48 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: alexander_busek
If you read the comments in X about her story, Echo was the name of Bob Dylan's girlfriend in high school. To Nicole, it was paying homage to her own love of nature.

Much more innocent than your musings about cruelty.

11 posted on 02/26/2025 3:11:38 AM PST by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The journey to Jesus is not as important as reaching that destination - where one believes with a whole heart that Christ is the One, the true Triune God and Savior. God bless Nicole Shanahan for her successful journey to finding the Lamb of God.


12 posted on 02/26/2025 3:13:16 AM PST by iontheball
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Excellent testimony of coming to Jesus Christ as her Lord and savior. Sheer evidence that a Revival is happening in real time in our blessed country


13 posted on 02/26/2025 3:32:50 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: sauropod

bkmk


14 posted on 02/26/2025 3:48:59 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Lakeshark
If you read the comments in X about her story, Echo was the name of Bob Dylan's girlfriend in high school. To Nicole, it was paying homage to her own love of nature. Much more innocent than your musings about cruelty.

The little girls and boys in the schoolyard who will tease and taunt "Echo" about her name won't give a d*mn about Bob Dylan's high school girlfriend.

Regards,

15 posted on 02/26/2025 6:34:00 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek

Sommewhat akin to how most decent posters here think about your comments.


16 posted on 02/26/2025 1:11:03 PM PST by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Lakeshark
Sommewhat akin to how most decent posters here think about your comments.

Did you conduct a snap poll, or what?!

In any case: That was uncalled for.

I have merely remarked that giving a child a name like "Echo" is dooming her to a lifetime of stupid jokes and puns. And that in childhood, the teasing she will receive at the hands of her cohorts would be nigh unbearable.

How does that exclude me from being a "decent" poster?

Regards,

17 posted on 02/27/2025 1:51:42 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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