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Truth That Transforms A Life
I started getting your "Thought for the Day" about 3 years ago. To be honest,
I never really opened them. I wanted people to think I was on the right track, but effort was something I lacked. My senior year of high school I hated the thought
of college, so I decided to apply for an internship with a Christian organization. Hey, it got me out of state, out of my parent's house and I didn’t have to go
to college. The summer of 2003 I headed towards a new beginning.
Still getting your e-mails, I always deleted them. Even though, I was in a Christian
organization I still had no desire to strive for a relationship with God. I allowed Satan in my life in more ways than one. I became "involved" with the
married youth pastor. The ministry I was working with found out and I was sent home. At this point, I was at my lowest. I had been stripped of everything. . .I
was ashamed. . .left without a savior. I had walked away from Him. . .never even turning around to see if He was still behind me. I have never experienced such pain
and deep hurt at anytime in my life. And I honestly hope to never again.
I slowly started to walk towards that relationship with God. Still without my quiet
times, I was trying to move closer and closer to the only thing I knew. I was checking my e-mail one day, and of course the ever so faithful "Thought for the Day"
was in my e-mail. For the first time I decided to open it. It just so happened to be the one entitled "Lost." Need I say anymore?
I read them daily
now. Not a day goes by when I don’t open up my e-mail and find it waiting for me. I am in no way perfect, but because of God's grace, and the ever faithful
"Thought for the Day," I am moving closer to God. I am finally out of the hole I had dug. In no way did I get myself out of there… that was all
God. But praise God he never gave up on me! And praise God. . .you guys never failed to miss a day when sending out the "Thought for the Day".
You never
know when someone who has been getting them for years…finally decides to open it, and finds God speaking to them, right on the screen in front of them when they need it
the most. I am a testimony of that...and I never fail to miss that point.
Written by Jessica used with permission
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God’s Word Changes a Life
A friend from church then invited my wife and I to take part in a weekly "learn how to advance your faith program." I had never read anything but a few verses in the
Bible and didn't remember any of them. We we were taught how to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ during this nine month period.
I began reading the
Bible. I re-read the Bible. I am reading the Bible almost everyday at the present time. I love these inspired words put in print many centuries ago. I will read some of these
words this very evening as I feel my day is not complete without doing so. It is so applicable to our lives today, it’s as if God wrote it yesterday.
I have
learned to love God. Through these words I have become satisfied with myself and no longer chase the next fad seeking its false satisfaction. I have a peace that I sought all
my life. A peace within myself that comes from knowing Him.
-- Sarasota, Florida
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