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And if we answer the call to discipleship,where will it lead us?Only Jesus Christ,who bids us follow him,knows the journey's end.But we do know that it will be a road of boundless mercy. -Bonhoeffer
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- Share your story or testimony about why or how you became a Christian:
- well, i believe that in our lives we have this living testimony that continues to grow as we grow in our walk with the Lord...and that each area of our personal testimony is orchestrated by our sovereign God who works all things together for good for those who love Him and for His great glory. That being said...where have i come from to get where i am? the song Amazing Grace says it best, "Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I am found..was blind but now I see." By God's amazing grace through faith I am saved...and this is not by anything that i have done to deserve salvation...
I was lost in the deepest of sins..pride, envy, vanity, and deceit...truly a slave to the sin that so entangled my life...i had an eating disorder called anorexia and reached such a dangerous state that i had to enter into a hospital for two months...the lies of the enemy haunted me in eveything that i did and i felt as though i could not escape the life of starvation and control (or lack thereof)...i left the hospital and came back to normal living and was placed on a rigorous meal plan and i gained weight...but see it was not the lack of weight that i had become a slave to, it was the lies...Satan has come to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10) and this indeed was the path i was on...i became suicidal (well at least i wanted to die...i had no plan of how)...and i had a bazillion self-help books beside my bed at night that i read diligently...however, i came to the realization that no matter how hard i tried, i could not set myself free from the life of sin..i could not save myself...with this realization i decided that if i could not escape my sin, i would just die. interestingly enough, in the midst of this, i believed in Jesus and in God..i had faithfully attended a methodist church my whole life and went on mission trips, etc...but i had never been taught about what it meant to have a relationship with the Lord, i had been taught a lot on what the life of the Christian should look like, but not on where the strength and power to live that life came from--the Holy Spirit. so, on the fourth of July my aunt, who is a baptist, set down and told me about Jesus die-ing for our sins and about the personal relationship side of things..she said, "you have probably heard this a million times, but i just wanted to remind you..." funny thing is, i hadn't. that night God drew me near to Him and I was saved. after that day, i had the power, by His grace through the Holy Spirit, to battle in the fight and to have victory...and although satan still tempts me at times with the lies, and i at times fall short, overall, in my life i can say that i am no longer enslaved to the sin...i have the freedom in Christ to choose not to sin...and that is so huge! since july 4, 2004, i have devoted my life to the Lord and He has continued to sanctify me...there are many trials and tests, and much of my walk is about perseverance..and i can honestly say that this walk with Christ is not about my comfort--it is about God's glory...i can also say that my greatest joy is found in Him...so, just as paul has said, i count all that i have lost as rubbish in comparison to the greatness gained in knowing my Lord, Christ Jesus...it is in Him that i put my hope.
- Your age?
- 19-29
- How would you like to impact the world for Christ?
- My desire is to follow the Lord in every capacity of my life..
to love Him with all my heart, mind, body, and soul..
and to love others with the love that He has first, by grace, shown me.
I pray that I may be a reflection of His Word...
and that His will be done in my life for His glory and for the furthering of His Kingdom...
truly, God is in control of how i will impact the world for Christ,
so my focus is on Him...
By the grace of God i go...
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