WingedGrace
Formerly Adiaglow
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2004
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Felt like today was the day to post my story of my way to The Saviour! 
I've always been a believer, but wasn't raised in a church. My parents had the view of churchs that all members are hypocrites. But nontheless, my father always told me stories and made sure we knew of Jesus. I remember many nights sitting on the living room floor, listening to him talking about Jesus helping the blind man to see, and walking on water. Never questioned it. I knew deep down in my heart that this was true. They did send me to a christian school for kindgarten & 3rd grade(random, I know)...it's so odd, because I remember sitting there listening to them and memorizing bible verses and having this feeling of Him being there. Guess He was always with me.
Well, when I was 22, my (now) husband & I were living together. He had always been a fan of the book series "Left Behind". I started reading them and became very enthusiastic about Jesus. I was telling my mom and others about it and knewe that I needed to get serious about my walk. That's when the spiritual attacks started. All of a sudden, all these thoughts, doubts about my salvation started to come into play. I became very frightened and didn't realize where these were coming from. My husband already knew. Good ol' Satan. Me being the newbie I was, I didn't handle it very well, and fell into a depression. I remember one morning, I was trying to go back to sleep, b/c I was not sleeping well. I kept begging God for peace, just a few hours of peaceful sleep. Then there was a weight on the bed. I stopped praying for a moment. I thought it was a cat. lol But when I looked, there was nothing there. I knew there was something there, an angel or the Holy Spirit. Right after that, I fell asleep and had no nightmares. Then one day after work, I was pretty depressed, and after I got in my car, I looked in the rearview mirror. There was a MASSIVE rainbow, right behind my parking lot. I just knew that was from Him. I called my mom, and she said she had prayed that He would let me know He was still there. He sure does come thru. I got thru that period, and got baptized in 03/2005.(there is a post somewhere here about that! lol) Ever since then, it's been a pretty cool road. He's even had a 2 of my co-workers speak to me about Him. Both brought me tears and said the first time they saw me, they knew there was something different about me, and they knew I was in Christ, or something like that. Made me feel very honored.
One day after work(seems to be a theme lol) I was driving down the road, there was a median lined with trees. Now, keep in mind that I adore butterflies. Out of each tree, right in front of my windsheild, flew a butterfly. The same swoop, everytime. About 30-40 of them. About halfway through, I knew this wasn't a normal occurence and started crying, for I knew it was Him. He gives you this knowledge. I love it.
And lastly,(for now)...just recently I've been struggling with some spiritual warfare. He knew I needed Him again, and confirmed that back when I first encountered this kind of thing, I was hearing Him. During a heavy prayer one night, I had written down "Be not afraid. Only believe." I always thought it was just me. Boy, was I wrong! 3 years later, I find a bible verse that says "Do not be afraid. Just believe." Mark 5:36. Talk about confirmation!
I'm sure I'll add more later. But this is just the beginning of...The Beginning. Let Him work inside you, for He is great and all merciful.
I've always been a believer, but wasn't raised in a church. My parents had the view of churchs that all members are hypocrites.
But nontheless, my father always told me stories and made sure we knew of Jesus. I remember many nights sitting on the living room floor, listening to him talking about Jesus helping the blind man to see, and walking on water. Never questioned it. I knew deep down in my heart that this was true. They did send me to a christian school for kindgarten & 3rd grade(random, I know)...it's so odd, because I remember sitting there listening to them and memorizing bible verses and having this feeling of Him being there. Guess He was always with me. Well, when I was 22, my (now) husband & I were living together. He had always been a fan of the book series "Left Behind". I started reading them and became very enthusiastic about Jesus. I was telling my mom and others about it and knewe that I needed to get serious about my walk. That's when the spiritual attacks started. All of a sudden, all these thoughts, doubts about my salvation started to come into play. I became very frightened and didn't realize where these were coming from. My husband already knew. Good ol' Satan. Me being the newbie I was, I didn't handle it very well, and fell into a depression. I remember one morning, I was trying to go back to sleep, b/c I was not sleeping well. I kept begging God for peace, just a few hours of peaceful sleep. Then there was a weight on the bed. I stopped praying for a moment. I thought it was a cat. lol But when I looked, there was nothing there. I knew there was something there, an angel or the Holy Spirit. Right after that, I fell asleep and had no nightmares. Then one day after work, I was pretty depressed, and after I got in my car, I looked in the rearview mirror. There was a MASSIVE rainbow, right behind my parking lot. I just knew that was from Him. I called my mom, and she said she had prayed that He would let me know He was still there.
He sure does come thru. I got thru that period, and got baptized in 03/2005.(there is a post somewhere here about that! lol) Ever since then, it's been a pretty cool road. He's even had a 2 of my co-workers speak to me about Him. Both brought me tears and said the first time they saw me, they knew there was something different about me, and they knew I was in Christ, or something like that. Made me feel very honored.One day after work(seems to be a theme lol) I was driving down the road, there was a median lined with trees. Now, keep in mind that I adore butterflies. Out of each tree, right in front of my windsheild, flew a butterfly. The same swoop, everytime. About 30-40 of them. About halfway through, I knew this wasn't a normal occurence and started crying, for I knew it was Him. He gives you this knowledge. I love it.
And lastly,(for now)...just recently I've been struggling with some spiritual warfare. He knew I needed Him again, and confirmed that back when I first encountered this kind of thing, I was hearing Him. During a heavy prayer one night, I had written down "Be not afraid. Only believe." I always thought it was just me. Boy, was I wrong! 3 years later, I find a bible verse that says "Do not be afraid. Just believe." Mark 5:36. Talk about confirmation!
I'm sure I'll add more later. But this is just the beginning of...The Beginning.
Let Him work inside you, for He is great and all merciful.
