| Valerie's Testimony My name is Valerie, I am a 35 year old mother of two and I've been with my husband nearly 15 years now. I was raised in a good old Southern Baptist Church thanks to my grandmother, and at the age of 6 I announced I wanted to be baptized, the minister felt I was too young to understand such a decision, and had a conference with me and grandma in his office. I explained that Jesus was the Son of God, and died for our sins, and I wanted to wash away my sins in His blood and live my life for Him....I was baptized the following Sunday. Unfortunately, I spent most of my life ignoring God and that little voice in my head that would say, "Don't do it, Valerie, it's wrong." I've done plenty of things I am not proud of through the years, and there were times, I could hear Christ calling out for me, and always I just shut him out. Then one day about 5 or 6 years ago, I was in KMart and I saw a Bible dictionary, something told me to buy it, and I did. I went home, opened up my Bible and began reading, referring to the dictionary with every thee, thou, and divers places I came across. And the more I read, the more my eyes opened and the more I understood, the Bible sprang to life before my eyes, and my obsession for Bible Study took over my life. Prophecy was the hook, I enjoyed reading all the prophecies and flipping through the concordance and dictionary too see which one's had come true, and it took my breath away! And then I began to realize there were plenty left to unfulfilled, and this hooked me even further. I cannot tell you how many times I have read the Bible, and everytime I do, I learn something new, and the more I read, the closer to God I feel. My relationship with Christ is solid now, I have opened up my heart and my life to Him, and He has healed so many of the wounds that kept me a slave to self destruction in the past. Without Him I am nothing, without hope, and worthy of nothing. But with Him, I am better than ever, and growing in faith everyday and I thank Him and praise Him for not giving up on me the way I gave up on him. He truly is a patient loving God, who loves His children, He is the ultimate parent and will never turn away one of His children when they come to Him. I guess you could call me the prodigal daughter, only now, I've come home to my Father and I am never leaving home again. God Bless Valerie You may wish to visit Valerie's website on http://prayerandprophesy.homestead.com/index.html |