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Scott is tired! 20 minutes ago...
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Scott is playing with his new Zune! :) 22 hours ago...
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Scott is sore from snowshoeing! 61 hours ago...
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Scott hopes everyone has a wonderful and Blessed New Year! 120 hours ago...
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| Christina's Testimony |
I didn't grow up in church but I do remember going a few times when I was a kid and in fact I was baptized as a child.... even though I don't think I knew what I was doing. I guess you could say I believed in God, I'm not sure if I did or not but I didn't think much of Him or about Him. I was teased in school and went through a pretty tough time and so my mom took me out of public school when I was about 12 and I 'kind of' did the homeschool thing. I suffered from anxiety, agoraphobia, bdd, self injury (cutting myself), ocd and who knows what else. I went to therapists off and on from age 12 to 19 and stayed at a psychiatric ward for 3 days when I was 18 and then later at age 19 attempted suicide (although this was more for attention). I went through periods in my life that I couldn't leave my house for months at a time or even see anyone (that's the agoraphobia) but there were also times that I was able to go out and I partied alot, drinking and doing drugs. I hated myself and would often scream into my pillow. My agoraphobia got really bad and from I guess age 20 to 23, I was pretty well stuck in the house at all times....I thank God I had parents that took care of me all these years! About 3 years ago my parents and I moved into a new house that had a small guest house for me to stay in. I ended up being completely stuck in the guest house and unable to even see my parents that often. Before God saved me it had gotten to the point that my mom would bring me food and when she did, I covered my face so she couldn't see me. Things were at the point that I had my suicide letter written out and hidden with a knife in my drawer....it was truly only a matter of time before I killed myself. I wasn't able to sleep at night because I saw shadows all over the walls, so I'd make myself stay up all night and then sleep when the sun came up. During this time, I started watching Christian programs late at night because I couldn't sleep. One day, I was playing a game and it just stopped working for apparently no reason, so I started messing with it and I heard God within me say, "I have a message for you." Well, I felt within me that I needed to turn to a certain tv channel. Of course instead I turned it to a 24 hr Christian channel thinking this must be the channel He really meant but then I realized my mistake and turned to the channel I felt He lead me to. Anyway, there was a preacher on saying things like, "Even if you don't see any changes now God is working behind the scenes." and "Things may not be perfect, rest assure God is working to make things better for your life if you just believe." and "Turn it all over to God, He will take control over your life." He also quoted a Scripture I had posted on my wall at that time.
Psalm 30:5 "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
I wrote these things down as I heard them so I'd remember always. Some people may say that these are very generic terms but I believe it was a message to me from God and it was what I needed to hear at that moment. I accepted Jesus into my life and pleaded for God to forgive my sins. I felt great peace and right away I was able to lay in bed at night without fear and think on God! He completely took my fear away and I was able to be around my family again.
Right after God saved me, I was trying really hard to quit smoking cigarettes with no success. One morning I was trying once again to quit and I flipped on the tv and there was a preacher on quoting Hebrews 10:26. When I heard it, I was terrified that if I smoked again, I'd be lost forever but of course, my body was having a fit for a smoke so out of weekness, I lit one and took a puff. As soon as I did, I fell to my knees, crying and thinking I was lost. Finally I asked God for a sign (I know some people think we shouldn't) if I was saved and ok to please show me a cross in the sky and He actually did. So I took it as a sign from God that I was ok and I moved on. lol It all sounds funny but this is actually how my walk with God started! Since that one single puff of a cigarette, I haven't smoked at all, and God took the desire away from me completely!!
He also dealt with me about the games I played, the tv shows I watched and the magazine I looked at. I threw away all my magazines, gave all my games away and started watching only God's Learning Channel and the news. These are only a few of the things God has delivered me from....there are other things that He has saved me from, some even bigger than these mentioned but at this time, I'm not comfortable speaking about them.
I am now completely healed of my agoraphobia!! I'm able to go out and I am in the process now of looking for a job! In fact, in April '08, I was the maid of honour at my sister's wedding!! Praise God!! I've been through alot of struggles since being saved with my faith and wavering but when I look back on what God has done, I know He'll bring me through! I may have said too much or too little but I hope someone gets something out of it. I realize parts of my testimony may seem strange to some but remember we serve an awesome God and He does things how He knows best, not how we think He should! God bless you all!
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Christina's Testimony Info
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Which categories of people did you belonged to before you were saved?
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The Partier, The Unaware, Other
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| Who have been your best examples? |
Jesus (of course) and Chris
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Books - Bible
Music - Praise and worship (I'm still figuring out my favorites)
Others - God's Learning Channel (GLC) and Christianforums.com
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Please pray for my family and I to continue growing in Christ
I still struggle alot so I thank you for all prayers
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