Your testimony and what God has done in your life may be the only bible some will ever read.. or hopefully the seed that brings them to God.. anybody want to share their story?
Ill share mine...
I grew up in Minn. We then moved to Wisc. and lived on a farm/resort. Our family did not talk about God or go to church and their was negative, fighting and abuse from my parents.
When I was 13 my mom through me through the front door and as I layed in broken glass and pools of blood I thought now she would say she was sorry and that she loved me.
Instead she said to my dad let her f"n bleed to death I wish she was never born.
The ride to the hospital was lond as my wrists were stitched up I remember my dad saying dont tell the doctor anything.
In my heart I thought if their was aGod he surley did not love me putting me in a family like this.
Things got worse from there and my parents moved to Fl. and left me and my younger sister there. Abandon us really.
I rode my bike to the high school to try and get my eqivilancy so I could get a job to take care of me and my sis. They told me go back home you have to be 16.
And so at 15 I pretended to join the army and got my ged and started working. My childhood was gone but I was relieved to be away from the abuse.
I ended up making it to Florida but while other kids my age were going to college and getting cars and help from their parents I wondered What was wrong with me???
As I worked two jobs I grew into adulthood never going to church or thinking about God just trying to run from the pain and looked for ways to escape it, smoking, dabbled in drugs or drinking and eating disorder.
Then I met the man I would marry at age 26 and had my beautiful daughter Elise.
Holding her for the first time I felt a blessing from this God I knew nothing about and I promised Him then I would be the exact opposite of my mom and do everything I could to be a good roll model and parent.
I started going to church and Elise and I were baptized when she was 6.
I started back to school and started teaching in a christian school when she was young it is there I learned about healthy relationships and How God was and will always be my heavenly father and he will NEVER leave us or forsake us!
My daughter is now in the 11th grade at a christian school and is chaplin for her class.
She helps with bible studies I host sometimes for singles and single parents.
We served thanksgiving dinner to 300 families for ThANKSgiving and we BOTH were moved and blessed by the experience.
God has given us soo much. or home my buisness our church and oppurtunities for us to reflect His grace and mercy on a daily basis!
He is our resolute protector, provider, out rock in stormy times.. He has rescued me from a life of stinking thinking from my past and set me on higher ground!
I want to thank him now and serve him daily He is our light, our strength and our electrifying energy!
Thank you for making us brand new and loving us!!!
God bless all of you!!! In Christ Lisa

I needed some inspiration & some time to think about what to say in sharing my testimony.

This link provided me encouragement, was educational, helpful & has given me the insight in regard to what to include. Here is the link. Hopefully I will have my testimony submitted tomorrow.

http://www.amazingfacts.org/FreeStuff/OnlineLibrary/tabid/106/ctl/ViewMedia/mid/447/IID/66/LNG/en/7/From-Stress-to-Joy/SC/R/Default.aspx

Enjoy!

Hi LovetheLord


Hi svy


I can't take time right now (or else I'll have to give testimony to someone as to why I'm late for work ), but tonight I'll share my testimony too.

I so enjoyed reading yours LovetheLord and want to comment further a little later.

Great idea for a thread! Let's keep bumping it so other folks can see it on the board.

Thanks for sharing.

Hi Allen... Have a blessed day!!! Lisa

A few months ago, my brother came by to visit me and hang out. We'd play guitar or watch a movie or something.
On that night, he asked to use my computer to download some songs. I said "of course, go ahead".

He downloaded them and then uploaded them on his wife's ipod.
The next day, while I was looking at the files on my screen, I noticed them and clicked on them They came up on Windows Media Player so I decided to listen to them before I deleted them.
The first one that came up was "The Air I Breathe" performed by Hillsong.
It only took a few seconds that I realized it was a praise and worship song. It only took a few more seconds for the Holy Spirit to begin convicting me harder than ever before. By the end of the song I was on my knees, crying and begging for forgiveness that I'd forgotten my faith. I had been trying to lead my own life without God.
That evening, all alone here in my tiny little place, I rededicated my life to God through Jesus.
I got out my bible and began to re-study God's holy word, starting with the NT.
The Holy Spirit began giving me comfort and reassurance immediatly. My Spirit began to renew. I still have a long way to go but I know in my heart now what was missing because now I have it back. I don't intend to ever forget God's love again.
So... That's my story folks... I don't know where I'm going but wherever it is, I'm not going without God.
I don't know what I'm going to do, but whatever it is, I'm not going to do it without God.
In fact, I really don't care because after putting all my faith in him to take over my life, it's surely going to be better than anything I could think up by myself.
I'm being convicted daily, but I'm also being comforted daily. I'm sooo hungry now for the love, forgiveness, mercy and compassion of God.

So very very hungry...

Now, even though I still don't know what his plan for my life is yet, I'm 100% confident that I'm where he wants me to be...
All I have to do is put him first in everything and I'll be alright.

The richest Testimonies come from people Christ has made whole ( or is making whole) and who still remember what it like to be broken!!!!!
Thanks Allen....