REUNITED IN CHRIST
The personal testimony of
Lady Linda, a member
When I was 22 I came out to California from Ohio because I wanted to see what my real Mom was like. Well, she was nothing but a drunk and I could see why my Dad got custody of me when I was young. Anyway, I stayed with her for awhile till I got a job and an apartment. It was then that I met Gene, my husband. Well, he wasn't a Christian either and at the time it suited me just fine. But in 1980 my real mom died of liver damage from drinking.
At that time we were temporarily living with my husbands' mom, who was a wonderful Christian lady. When Mom died, knowing she did not live a Christian life, I began to wonder if at the last moments when she was in a coma if maybe she gave her heart to God. It got me thinking about where I would end up if I did not change my ways. So, I went to Church (A Pentecostal Church of God) with my mother-in-law. I was saved on April 13,1980.
The thing is, my husband was not a Christian and when I became a Christian, boy did it ever result in lots of fights and conflict. He let me go to church but did not like it. He did not like any of my new Christian friends, one in particular: Jackie. She was a minister. It got so bad that on the 4th of July 1987 I kicked him out of the house and told him to go back to his brother's house to live! We were separated for a month. This is rolling right into Genes' testimony. See, when we seperated Gene took all his things. We even divided up all the record albums. He divided them and I watched him. He left me ALL of the Christian ones because he wanted NOTHING to do with that.
Well, lo and behold, one day he went to put a record on to listen to in the dark and it was a Christian one! "He Touched Me!" He listened to it anyway, even though he had no idea how it got into his records! It convicted him and he sought a minister to talk to. He still DID NOT want to talk to Jackie. She was the one person he DID NOT want to talk to. Soooo... he called everyone he could think of, but no one was available. He even called a hotline but they were in China! So, he finally called Jackie.
Jackie's husband picked him up and took him to their house where they prayed with him for 5 hours; and Gene gave his heart to God! The next day we were reunited! God is Good!
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