by Marie | Dec 14, 2024 | Testimonies
I Always Just Wanted to Fit In I grew up going to church and knew of God but didn’t understand I could have a personal relationship with him through our… I Always Just Wanted to Fit In I grew up going to church and knew of God but didn’t understand I could have a personal relationship with him through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I always just wanted to fit in. After searching in my emptiness, I thought I found a place I was accepted…it was through people who were partiers and drug addicts. I started to drink and was curious about the drugs. One drunken night I ended up trying cocaine. I was instantly hooked. I felt this helped me to be the person I’d always wanted to be and felt accepted. I could talk to anyone without fear, it helped me to be outgoing (I’m very introverted), and numbed all this pain I had inside. I felt invincible. I believed all the lies that satan kept feeding me. This led to a life of misery and destruction that went on for many years of my life. I witnessed several overdoses, had a gun pulled on me, and had been abused physically, sexually, and mentally. I felt so alone and helpless, until one day God got my attention.
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by Marie | Dec 14, 2024 | Testimonies
My wife when she was quite young was trapped in a jam-packed bus. After a time of being crushed and suffocated, she cried out. ‘Please, please –let the people live!”… My wife when she was quite young was trapped in a jam-packed bus. After a time of being crushed and suffocated, she cried out. ‘Please, please –let the people live!” My wife is an extraordinary person. She has always sought the truth, often at great costs and hardship. It has been my joy in life to support her where I could as she grew and developed in wisdom and kindness, as a great aide to those who struggle. She is a true Christian in every sense of the word. Myself, I have a lot to learn. Lately, her childhood phrase rings with all kinds of significance. Jesus said, “I come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). My wife’s childhood statement was a plea to God, and marked a path of lifelong dedication to lead people to Jesus, which is the one true source of life. As a branch to the vine, there is no life unless we are part of Him. Her statement was not passive-she did not say “let the people live”, but pleaded that they might find and pursue living for themselves.
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