Hello. I thought that I would include a page to tell you all about my
           life and how I came to know Jesus Christ as my PERSONAL Savior. I guess
you first need to know a little bit about my background. I was raised in
a Catholic Church so I had heard about God and Jesus, but God always
seemed to be out of reach. Like He was up in Heaven looking down, but he
was just too special or busy to be bothered taking time to listen to the
problems of a kid. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the
Catholic Church is wrong, or bad...just that the one I attended did
nothing to help me get to know Jesus in a personal way. I finally stopped
going to church all together. I wasn't getting anything out of it, and
honestly I figured...Why waste my time? During my senior year in high
school, I fell in love with a great guy named Michael. We started dating
in March and he asked me to marry him on the 4th of July. I said yes, and
2 weeks later, I found out I was pregnant. We got married on the 25 of
September in a beautiful outside ceremony. Our first child, Jonathon was
born in March. The thing that I didn't know was that Mike was a
Christian. I didn't know, because being an almost-typical teenager, he
was pretty sure that he could figure things out himself :o) When Jonathon
was about 14 months old, my Mom's boyfriend at the time was shot and
killed by his 16 year old son. His son then proceeded to take his own
life. Needless to say, the death of this wonderful man really shook Mike
and I up, we had both really loved this guy. We decided then to try for
another baby. I'm not sure exactly why, but it seemed like it would be
nice to see the beginning of a new life after grieving the loss of 2
others. About 2 months later, I was pregnant with our daughter. She was
born the following April, about 2 years and 1 month after her big
brother. However, the death of my Mom's boyfriend had made Mike start
thinking that he really needed to get his life right with God. I wasn't
thrilled, but I figured that as long as it didn't interfere with my
lifestyle, I wouldn't say anything. Mike got talking to his Dad a lot
about the assurance of Salvation because He wasn't sure if his accepting
Christ when he was 8 would ensure that he was "forever saved." His Dad
assured him that it did, and Mike felt a lot better. He re-dedicated his
life to God and started talking to me a lot about the Rapture of the
church. The idea that Jesus was going to come back and take His church
away really scared me, and I started to ask Mike a lot of questions about
how he was so sure that he would go with Jesus if Jesus should come back.
I wanted to know that I wouldn't be left with my Husband and my children
gone. I realized one night in October that if Jesus were to come back at
that moment, that I would not be included among the believers of Jesus. I
realized that all of my good works, the fact that I was a good Mommy, and
the fact that I was basically a good person in no way assured me that I
would go to Heaven if I were to die. That night, I confessed that I was a
sinner, that I wasn't living my life for the Glory of God, and that I
need Jesus to come into my life and my heart and help me to see what God
wanted for my life. During this time we found out that Jonathon had a
serious medical condition and a brain tumor. However, it was comforting
to know that God is in control, and since then He has really worked
miracles in our lives and the lives of our children. Since that night, so
many wonderful things have happened in our life that it would take the
entire World Wide Web to tell you about them. We have been blessed with
another beautiful baby who we named Joshua, our marriage has become an
absolute joy, and we are both living lives that we really believe are for
the Glory of God. That doesn't mean that we never argue, or that we are
perfect. What it does mean is that when we argue, or make mistakes, there
is another person in our marriage who IS perfect and who can help us get
through the hard times. That person is Jesus Christ and He is now the
most important person in our marriage. He guides us through the difficult
times with His word, the Bible which has instructions for all of the
different aspects of our lives. I can never express the difference that
Jesus has made in our lives, but I am so very Thankful and Greatful that
God loved me so much that he sent His son to Earth for one reason, and
that was to die in my place so that I could have a chance of getting to
go to Heaven when I die.

Sabrina (JOYFULMOM)
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