I thought I'd start this blog out with my testimony, the work the Lord's done in my life. I don't share it like I should because I'm afriad of what people will think of me, but God has been convicting me that HE wants the glory. As I look back at the circumstances and events that have gone on in my life, I can see so clearly the work of God and it brings me to praise Him. I consider my testimony basically to be my life story, so I decided to post a little at a time!
My sister was in 2nd grade and had just gotten saved. Everyone was excited and she got to get in front of the church and get baptized and even got a new Bible. Of course I wanted to get saved too, but my dad told me I wasn't old enough, so I logically thought that only 2nd graders could get saved.
The day I was promoted into 2nd grade VBS at my church, I raised my hand saying I wanted to get saved. I repeated a prayer after my teacher and immediately knew that I wasn't a Christian because I didn't mean any of the words I had prayed. I told my family I had gotten saved, was baptized, received my new Bible, and felt like that there was no turning back now. What would everyone think of me if I told them I wasn't really saved? I couldn't get baptized again, and what would my grandparents think once they realized that I didn't really deserve the Bible that they had bought for me ( I'm not sure why the Bible thing was such a big deal to me!).
After that I had persistent nightmares about the rapture coming and would pray every night to be saved, but I was never sorry for my sins. I'm not sure why, but I just didn't feel bad about doing wrong, and I knew I had to to become a child of God. Something else that I experienced during that time that I haven't shared with anyone was a terror that would come over me when I was alone. When I was alone in my room I would hear screaming in my mind and would be terrified. Just to let you know, I never experienced that again after I decided to follow Christ. I don't know what the Bible says about that, but I just wonder if the screams and yelling that I heard had something to do with Satan.
Well, this will have to be it for the day. I'm certainly glad that my testimony doesn't end there :) Stay tuned for more!
My sister was in 2nd grade and had just gotten saved. Everyone was excited and she got to get in front of the church and get baptized and even got a new Bible. Of course I wanted to get saved too, but my dad told me I wasn't old enough, so I logically thought that only 2nd graders could get saved.
The day I was promoted into 2nd grade VBS at my church, I raised my hand saying I wanted to get saved. I repeated a prayer after my teacher and immediately knew that I wasn't a Christian because I didn't mean any of the words I had prayed. I told my family I had gotten saved, was baptized, received my new Bible, and felt like that there was no turning back now. What would everyone think of me if I told them I wasn't really saved? I couldn't get baptized again, and what would my grandparents think once they realized that I didn't really deserve the Bible that they had bought for me ( I'm not sure why the Bible thing was such a big deal to me!).
After that I had persistent nightmares about the rapture coming and would pray every night to be saved, but I was never sorry for my sins. I'm not sure why, but I just didn't feel bad about doing wrong, and I knew I had to to become a child of God. Something else that I experienced during that time that I haven't shared with anyone was a terror that would come over me when I was alone. When I was alone in my room I would hear screaming in my mind and would be terrified. Just to let you know, I never experienced that again after I decided to follow Christ. I don't know what the Bible says about that, but I just wonder if the screams and yelling that I heard had something to do with Satan.
Well, this will have to be it for the day. I'm certainly glad that my testimony doesn't end there :) Stay tuned for more!
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