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Maryjane
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« on: June 05, 2007, 03:03:46 AM » |
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My name is Maryjane...I live in Texas...Growing up, my mother took me to church every time the doors were open. I knew about God at an early age. When I grew and married, I did not go to church. I married a man who grew up going to church. I lived my life the way I wanted to. My husband and I became successful in our jobs. We would send our daughter to church on the bus and it convicted me because my mother took me to church and I did not take my daughter, she went alone. One night, I was watching TV. It was a program PTL. A man by the name of John Starnes sang a song, The man From Galilee. In the song, he sang, have you met the man from Galilee, I know of Jesus, but I never met Him and this man was singing how Jesus could change my life. I need to. I had put myself into situations that i kept secret that were tearing me apart. Out of conviction I repented. I asked the Lord to change me to make me His way, not my way. I will never forget that night, for He did change me. My husband also repented. We both came to know the Lord and we both began to study His word. It became the foundation of our life together. Later, my husband was in a severe accident that cost us everything. Even so, I found peace and comfort through it all. I never thought coming to the Lord would bring me riches nor did I think it would make everyday like a fairytale, as I have known so many valleys. But I can say through it all, the Lord has never forsaken us, He has held us through every storm we have faced. I think about the words, Though you slay me, I will trust you, and that is really my testimony. In my walk, I am accountable for it and no one else. To study His word that I will not sin against God. To pray asking "If Thy will be done and not my own. Many times, His will is not mine but He knws what is best for me and I have grown through every step I have taken in the good and the bad times. If I could tell anyone aboutthe Lord it would be, what He says is true. Every word, every promise. He does not promise richess, but beyond riches. He offers salvation. And it is free to all who will believe and trust. I have never found anything complicated in His word. It is final. I have a minsitry that the Lord has given to me, and that of preaching the gospel. And to remind all to keep going even though the road gets rough, we are not alone and through each road that we must endure only brings us to greater trust in the Lord.
Sincerely,
Maryjane
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