| SAMANTHA'S TESTIMONY I never remember a time in my life that I did not know who Jesus was. I was fortunate in the fact that I had a mother who made sure I was always at church. I accepted Jesus at an early age. He has always been with me. But I have not always stayed faithful to Him. When I hit college age I went the way of the world. I rejected everything I knew and believed about Jesus in order to be accepted. College and the years that followed was a lonely time in my life. I felt it was necessary to do whatever I had to do to feel loved. Nothing filled the void in my life though. I knew that I had turned my back on my Saviour. There were several times that I really wanted to stop living my life the way that I was living it. I wanted the relationship with Jesus back that I once had. But in my heart I felt like after all of the things that I had done Jesus did not want me back. I felt like I, as Judas, had betrayed Him. I had taken everything I'd spent my whole life working for in a relationship with Jesus and threw it away...for nothing! Why would He possibly care if I repented and fell on my face before Him? Why would He want me after rejecting Him? These were the thoughts that would pass through my head. But I am here to tell you, everyone of those thoughts came from the father of all lies, the devil. Because even when I had become a prodigal child, Jesus was always there waiting for me to return to Him. Romans 8:39 tells us that NOTHING can seperate us from the love of God. He was there for me through it all. Sometimes a parent has to sit and watch their children make a decision that that they know is doomed for disaster but being older and wiser the parent knows the child must learn from their own mistakes in order to learn and mature. So it is with God and His children. God tests us to strengthen us...not because He doesn't love us...not because he loves us less than our brother or sister, but to strengthen us. We are human. We mess up. And sometimes we do fail the test that is set before us. That is when we must fall on our knees before God and repent. He is not a strict disciplinarian. He is not a harsh, nonfeeling being. He is our Father. And He desires more than anything a relationship with YOU and ME. God is always there rooting us on til the day we join Him in Heaven. If you can not honestly answer the question of where you'd spend eternity if you were to die, it is time to make sure you know. If you do not know Jesus, it is my prayer that you make Him Lord of your life before leaving this site. Or if like what I went through , you knew Him at one time but do not have the relationship with Him now that you once did, repent, ask God's forgiveness. He can and will bring you back into fellowship with Him. Remember God never left you and He never will leave you. |
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