When I opened up the opportunity for you to ask questions of me, both Carmen and Barbara asked: “I was wondering how and when you came to know Christ?”
For some reason I’ve been dragging my feet on answering this one…mostly because I don’t feel like my “Christianity Story” is very exciting.
But wait a second! Becoming a Christian, no matter what the events are that surround it, is VERY EXCITING!!!!
Choosing salvation through Jesus…having Someone who is always ready to offer true comfort when I’m hurting…understanding that success in this world is NOT my ultimate goal (which is a huge relief because I fail…a lot).
Yes, my Christian story IS very exciting.
I’ll share specifics of how I became a Christian next Thursday, January 28.
BUT, I want to know YOUR story too!!! If you are a Christian, please consider writing about how you came to know Christ. If you have a blog, share it there and then link up with us here on January 28. If you don’t have a blog, please plan to leave a comment that day to share your story.
If you aren’t a Christian or you’re searching for Truth, I hope you’ll consider sharing your struggles and where you are on your journey.
No matter where you are on your Faith walk and what your story is…I know we will ALL be very encouraged to hear!
Plan to join us next Thursday, January 28!
jodi says
Laura,
You never cease to amaze me. Great idea, friend, great. idea.!
Barbara says
Great idea! May I just be bold and say – Ladies, don’t ever think that your salvation experience is boring; don’t be jealous because you weren’t pulled from a life of sin and you don’t have an exciting, heart-wrenching story to tell. (Just so you know, I was 5 years old and was in SS class – simple.) God gave His only Son as a sacrifice, because “He wasn’t willing that any should perish.” The angels rejoice at each life that is saved from eternal death! If you’ve received the free gift of salvation that God offers, that is exciting! If you have not accepted this free gift, PLEASE tell Laura so that she can tell you how you can have eternal life through Christ!
Anna says
Hi.
My husband says that my testimony is the most beautiful one he’s ever heard. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know and love Jesus. I was raised in a wonderful christian home by parents who had Christ on their lips all the time. I prayed to accept Christ when I was 4 with my mom after church one Sunday night, but I don’t know the moment when I was redeemed. I pray this life for my children: that they not remember a time when they didn’t know and love the Lord.
Anna
Melody says
I don’t know that my testimony is conventional but it’s mine. I was raised in church. When I was 5 something the preacher was saying moved my heart so much that I looked over to my mom and told her I wanted to go up to the alter. I walked up there and lifted my arms and just told Jesus I wanted Him and I loved Him. Very simple words, deep words. I repented and gave my heart to Him. God filled me w/ His Spirit just like in the Bible. No repeating someone else, just speaking in tongues as the Spirit gave utterance. I remember on the way home that night I asked my mom if I had been good so far, I never wanted to ever do anything wrong again..lol I got baptised the next year, again, simple, in Jesus name, just like in the Bible.
I’d love to say that I was perfect from there on out, that I just grew and grew into some amazing woman of God…
My mom divorced and remarried back to back when I was 6. My mom & step-dad left church on a declaration of starting a new work for the Lord. They lost their way not too long after and I was virtually cut off from going to any church, or seeing extended family, of whom many were also Christians. I did not have a foundation of how to grow and walk w/ the Lord. I knew certain truths, but knowing doesn’t save us, we have to have a relationship with Jesus.
My teen years were full of rebellion. I just wanted to get away, maybe every teen feels that way. On two occasions God made opportunity for me to go to church. Once when I was 12 w/ my Aunt who I got to spend Christmas break with. When I got home I was so excited and wanted our family to find God again. It didn’t work out that way and I felt frustrated even more so, still with very little understanding of what being a Christian really meant in application.
At 18, Nathan and I married. Actually he had a similiar background though we didn’t give it any thought, but God did. We started a family and immediately I felt the conviction of God. I knew that without God in my life I was raising my child without having God in theirs. I was raising them to not go to heaven, this broke my heart.
Though I knew little I knew prayer and fasting worked for spiritual people and that is what I did. I called every church that sounded valid in the phone book during this 3 days. Thinking that if there was no church in the tiny town we lived in or surrounding area, we would move by my Aunt because I KNEW I had felt the love of God there. Don’t you know only 2 churches answered for 3 days! One apparently was not sure what they really believed in and the other one at least answered my questions.
We visited and it only took 1 visit. God was there. Yes, God is everywhere, and now I walk w/ Him and His Word is w/ me but I mean I felt the love of God. The depth of love that says it’s not about Do’s and Don’ts, but it’s about what is conducive to my relationship with Him. Living a conservative Christian life is not about giving up anything worthwhile but about gaining what’s real and lasting. I am now free. Free to live an exciting secure life that when I lay my head on my pillow at night, I have peace and purpose. There is nothing better, and I know because I tried much in the world. THIS is what I longed for all my teen years and didn’t understand how to reach.
Thank God for his tendermercies and lovingkindness. I was the prodigal daughter and Jesus saw fit to call my name, again. By His grace I will not only share that God is a merciful and patient God but there is always more in God. The depths of His goodness & love are never ending. And the adventure! there’s no “boring” with Jesus.
Holly says
I was raised as a child of the covenant. I never knew a day that I did not know I was saved. When I was 7 I made a public confession of faith and was received as a communicant member of my parents church. While I had a time of rebellion against the Lord during my first three years of college, He brought a wonderful Christian man into my life who had been there and done the same as I had, and who was willing to stand there and help me back into the fold. I still can’t believe God blessed me with a spouse who knows who I am, what I’ve done, and still loves, respects, and cherishes me.