SUE'S TESTIMONY Blessed Assurance Jesus is mine.. I can remember singing that as a very little girl in church. But really not having any idea what those words meant. I was very blessed to have been raised in a Christian home by two very loving people who loved the Lord and loved their children. And at the age of 11 I knew the basics of being saved. I believed Jesus was the Son of God who came down to earth to die on a cross for me. I accepted him as my Savior. But into my teen years I went, loving the ways of the world and I kept Jesus pretty much in my pocket. Oh I would pray once in awhile usually when I was in trouble or needed something but I just wasn't living the life that Christians should.And I went on this way for many many years. Through two marriages and divorces, I went feeling like something was missing in my life but couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Then about three years ago I purchased a computer. And not really knowing where to go online I went into a Christian chat room where my brother had been going. I listened to a group of very nice friendly people chat about their lives and the one thing that really stood out was the joy that each one of them seemed to find in just living an everyday life. I just couldn’t figure out why everything seemed like such a struggle to me And I suddenly found myself tuning into TV programs like the Gaithers Homecoming show, and watching in awe the joy that all those people seemed to radiate. All I knew was that I wanted that joy. So three years ago I said Lord I know I haven’t been walking with you and I’m still not sure that I know how to but I’m asking you to help me. And he has. Little by little day by day Jesus became more the center of my life and not just someone that I took out when I needed help. In the last three years I have found my joy again. I have fallen in love with King of Kings and I know with total assurance that I belong to him. Does this mean I still don’t struggle? No. I still fall miserably short of where I need to be in my walk with him but he holds me up and helps me through the rough times. And just in the last 6 months he has given me an even greater understanding of where I need him to be in my life. He has given me a burning desire to work with teens online and to build the TLC fellowship program for his glory. The more involved I get with this, the more I feel him close to me and I have found the joy in walking with him side by side. He is my Rock and my salvation and I just praise him and thank him for showing me the most valuable lesson of my life and that is. that no matter how far we walk away from him, he never ever leaves us. Blessed Assurance Jesus is mine.. And I am his. Sue 2002 |
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