My Story

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My Story
Topic Started: Aug 29 2006, 06:12 AM (391 Views)
Son Worshiper	Aug 29 2006, 06:12 AM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 1 Group: Members Member #123 Joined: August 29, 2006	I was raised in two different churches. My dad belonged to the A M. E. (African Methodist Episcopal) denomination, while my mother was a Pentecostal. I enjoyed both, but admittedly always felt a bit more comfortable in the Pentecostal church. I just really enjoyed the energetic services. In my teens I fell away from my Christian upbringing. I began questioning my faith and studying other religions and philosophies. I never stopped calling myself a Christian, but from the age of 18 to 31 I was a Christian in name only. I drank, I gambled, I fornicated, I lied, Cheated, Stole. You name it and I probably did it. Not surprisingly that lifestyle just about destroyed me. I was failing at everything I put my hand to without Christ in my life. I finally found myself in a deep depression, and even (briefly) contemplated suicide. In 2004 my mother was diagnosed with advanced (stage 4) rectal cancer. I moved back home to help her raise my older sister (mentally handicapped) and my sisters similarly special son. Back in my childhood home I found myself hard pressed by memories of the Christian life I had once lived. Of reflections on how much the Lord had blessed me. It was during this dark time in my life that I rededicated myself to Christ. I fell on my knees and asked His forgiveness for my sins and for turning my back on Him. My mother fought bravely throughout 2004. And for one brief moment that summer, she seemed to be responding well to aggressive chemotherapy. Her doctors were cautiously optimistic. However, by that Holiday season, the cancer was raging inside of her and had began to spread. It was then that the Lord carried me through the most difficult days of my life. I watched my mother go from a chubby, outgoing woman who was always on the go, to a walking skeleton, just skin and bones without even the strength to sit up in bed. She stopped eating entirely in the weeks leading up to her death. Satan wanted me to blame the Lord for my mother's death. But I didn't. Because I knew what had happened. The Lord had merely allowed an end to her suffering and took her home. She's in a far better place now than I am. All of my prayers had been answered. My mother wasn't sick anymore. She wasn't in pain anymore. And she'll never be sick again. I thanked God for that. To be certain I was angry when she died. But the sole focus of that anger was Satan. He had stolen away my mother but for a brief season. In so doing this, however, the Lord was glorified. My realization of this helped me survive this tragedy and move forward in victory. In the 2 years since I've returned to Christ, I've changed a lot. I've given up so many bad habits and turned my back on so many things. I've lost friends because of it. I've faced ridicule because of it. But Jesus said that those of us who would follow after Him would be scoffed at and scorned. We are supposed to take great pleasure in the contempt of the non-believer, and thank God for the honor. I am, and I have. I'm not perfect. I'm still studying my Bible and learning day by day. Conforming myself little by little to reflect Christ. There are still struggles and trials, and I don't always win every battle, but I am confident that I will win the war with the Lord's blessed Holy Spirit guiding me. I see myself as a work in progress. One that will be completed only when the Lord sees fit to call me home. Until then, I'll rely upon His grace and guidance, and do my best to live my life according to His will. I'll look forward to meeting everyone in the forums. God bless.
	Life4Christ (My Board)


Vision	Nov 2 2006, 01:31 PM Post #2
Administrator Of EIWOM Posts: 3,025 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: March 23, 2004	I thank you very much for posting that lovely, inspiring and encouraging testimony you posted. I to have fallen away from God and that is an inspiration to me that I to can be like the Prodigal Son and return to my Father who loves me very much. Please prayer for me that just like you did I would return to God also.
	Hey the best thing has happened to me and it can happen to you to, you can believe and Pray to God and make the same decision I did, Pray ask God to forgive you of your sins and He will hear you He loves you He will forgive you and make you His child being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6) KEEP COMING (Luke 18:1-8)


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