My Testimony

I am a sinner turned saint. I had my Testimony shared on my Facebook notes app but Facebook took the notes app away so I am going to be re sharing on this blog. I feel that testimonies are a very powerful thing and bring glory to God. This testimony is not about myself but what God has done in my life.I'm often known in my community as being what they call a "Bible thumper," but truth be told given my past history I used to be a completely different person that I am now. When I first converted it shocked a majority of my community and my peers. I used to be known as wild and crazy.When I was a kid I was raised in a Church very briefly and even sang in the choir but me and my family all stopped going to Church. I went to public school for many years of my life where I was exposed to drugs and many secular evolutionary ideas that I embraced even if I rejected others of them. I always believed in God and I've always considered myself Christian but I wasn't truly living for the Lord.I used to be known as a trouble making teen that went to parties and got drunk and high. I lived in sexual immorality and played women which often led to heart break and heart people. I also had a background in the occult and got tangled with witchcraft, ghost hunting, and ouja boards and other demonic influences and I did poor in school.When I was in my teens it wasn't long before I got mixed with the wrong crowd and started to experiment with drugs and substances. At first I enjoyed it. I liked the way that it made me feel. I wanted to live what they call "young life," and have fun and a good time and have a blast while I'm young and I liked the way the substances made me feel and I liked going to parties but it wasn't long before I saw the darkside of drugs.One of my friends who I had took pills with overdosed right in front of me and got sent to the hospital. He almost lost his life but by the grace and mercy of God survived. That really shook me up and made me think twice about doing drugs. Soon the drugs I did started giving me terrible anxiety and depression issues even to the point where I considered suicide. One time I had a panic attack and went to the hospital. I felt depressed in my life and I felt I had no direction and purpose.One day when I was walking home from school a man handed me a New Testament and I heard the gospel presented to me from a preacher on TV. At first I was reluctant to become a Christian because I didn't like the whole concept of "living for Jesus," and I didn't see myself doing it because I didn't want to give up the drugs because I thought I was giving up my "fun," and ruining my life but I began slowly reading the New Testament and I started to become convicted about my lifestyle and I knew conversion wouldn't be easy but necessary for my salvation and it was the best thing to do.Finally one day when I was about 17 in 2012 I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord. I repented and changed and cleaned up my life from the drugs and the evil and I got born again. My peers and family were in shock and disbelief on how radically different I was. I was a whole new person. I began getting criticism and persecution from peers and family but for the first time in my life I truly experienced what joy was and I was no longer depressed and anxious and I have fun being a Christian. I'll tell you that my journey and experience as being a born again Christian these past 8 or 9 years hasn't been easy. I've had a lot of difficulties and seasons of trouble and trial, struggles and many other things in between but it's well worth it and making that decision was the best thing in my life because now my life has purpose and my faith in Christ is my rock and my foundation to get through life.If you haven't been born again please repent and put your faith in Christ today and convert to Christianity and be born again. It's a decision you won't regret.