Everyone has a story...and here's mine!

In Sunday School there has been a lot of talk about evangelism and sharing our testimonies. While sitting there listening to our teacher share his heart it occurred to me that even some of my closest friends do not even know my testimony! How crazy is that that I know their birthdays by heart, their children, where they honeymooned.....but I dont know one of the most exciting things.....how they became a Christian. So I wanted to share my story for anyone who is interested :)

I grew up in a non-Christian home. We never went to church and never really thought about it actually. I remember in fourth grade when we were taking the TCAP test that I marked Christian when I was asked what my religion was. That is what all my friends wrote so why shouldn't I? While playing softball I met my good friend Rachel (who I still Love :)) and I started attending youth group with her when I was in 6th grade. It was a very small youth group and I made some really close friendships with 4 girls. Well while I attended youth group, joined the church, prayed in front of everyone, it still didn't make me a Christian. While in highschool I switched to a bigger youth group and the same things happened. I played the role of a perfect youth grouper by never missing...while still not knowing the Lord!

I went away to college and had a blast. It was a small private college where everyone knew everyone. I became involved in a program called Campus Outreach. That summer I decided to go to summer beach project. It was 10 weeks staying in a roach motel in Panama City, working at waffle house, all while learning how to love the Lord and about relationship evangelism. I can't really tell anyone a time or a date of when I was saved, but it was that summer that my life changed. I truly believed, talked with the Lord, and wanted to have a relationship with him. It was then that I started praying and reading his word BEHIND closed doors.

I think about my testimony and realizes it doesn't stop there. I have had a lot of struggles in my Christian walk. I have often questioned whether I really do know the Lord or if I am still following the motions. But I say that to say I love the Lord, want to live my life for HIM, want to raise my daughter fr Him, want my marriage to glorify him, and really just want to be able to trust him. So I know that I am a Christian and that one day I will be with him....and it excited me just to think about it.

I hope my story wasn't to boring....it certainly was life changing for me and I am blessed to have a story to tell. I pray that Lydia has a story to tell!