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Scott is tired! 5 hours ago...
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DALE is Blessed with 5 homes to air duct from 1 phone call thank you Jesus ! 18 hours ago...
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Scott is playing with his new Zune! :) 27 hours ago...
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Scott is sore from snowshoeing! 66 hours ago...
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Scott hopes everyone has a wonderful and Blessed New Year! 125 hours ago...
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| Mike's Testimony |
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My testimony....I do believe that we should share what brought us to the Lord. To let others know that they are not the only one who has gone through something, and that there is hope and light at the end of the long dark tunnel. I believe this is very powerful.
As for me, I grew up going to Catholic church. I went to CCD, which is basically Catholic Sunday school. I became an altar boy when I was 10 or 11, and did that for 2 years. When I was 13 and confirmed in the church, I was given the option to keep going to church(or not), and I chose the or not. I wanted to keep my Sundays with my friends.
I did not have an abusive childhood, was free to do what I wanted for the most part, and did not require a lot of supervision. I lived in a very close knit neighborhood, where we all knew each other. I did however grow up in a temperamental household, which was very vocal at times, where we cursed a lot, and yelled a lot. That old Italian temper is just so true, and hostile.
Fast forward to 21 years old...I was engaged, and looking towards my future. I started asking questions, like why?, what is my purpose?, why are we here?, is this it to life? and so forth. My mother was going to a good church and asked me to go. I did, and wound up giving my life to Jesus. I even got my fiance and her sister to go. That lasted for 3 or 4 months. I just wasn't willing to part with my life of sin. I believed in God, and in Jesus, I just wasn't willing to change my life or give up control of it.
Now a few years before, I was probably 18 or 19, my fiance told me I stopped breathing when I slept. I never knew this, but I checked it out. I found out it was sleep apnea, an it was dangerous. It took me 12 or so years to actually find out just how bad it was.
So now it is last year, I am 31, in a relationship(not married to my ex fiance), in a dead end job I hated, and things were getting worse. I went to the doctors(it was July or August) and found out just how bad my apnea is. Bottom line was it was bad, really bad, bad enough to have killed me. My Dr. told me my sleep test results and how bad they were...the test was for about 6 hours 15 mins worth of actual sleep, so 375 mins. I stopped breathing 370+ times, and woke myself up 270+ times. My pulse ox was 39%. It should be between 95-99%, and I should be worried if it goes below 90%. So just how bad is it. My Dr. told me that I just don't take in enough oxygen to sustain my life. Basically, I should be dead. It took a while to sink in. Labor day last year, my girlfriend at the time broke up with me. A little over a week later I quit the job I hated so bad. So I had a lot of time to think. Two things kept coming back to me were, failure, and I should be dead.
Failure...Relationships, jobs, friendships...they all fail. At least for me, they all fail. I knew, I realized that anything I do apart from God would fail.
I should be dead....I had known I had apnea for 11 or 12 years, so how many nights was it this bad? Has it been worse? If I am still alive, I must be alive for a reason. Which of course is Him, God, my Lord and Savior. To know Him, to love Him, to praise Him, and to tell others about Him. That is my purpose. In His abundant mercy, I believe He kept me alive all of these years so I would truly come back to Him. I have a purpose. I have a reason for being. I don't just take up space. I am to edify the Lord, and glorify the Lord in all that I do. Know Him, love Him, and introduce others to Him. Praise the Lord for His mercy and grace, without either of which, I would be long gone by now.
So this is my testimony. It is incomplete of course. There is much more that has happened to me. My whole life the hand of God was on me, as He protected me, I just didn't know it. Well I do now.
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Which categories of people did you belonged to before you were saved?
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The Partier, The Most Popular, The Intellect
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| Who have been your best examples? |
My Mother has been my best example throughout my life. She has been the only representation of Chris
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| List books, music or ministries that have helped your walk: |
I am a book reader, so to list all of the books that have helped me and that I have read, would require more space. I did love the Left Behind series, which I read through twice, even though so many people reject what it is about.
As for music, which is so very important to me, Casting Crowns, Lincoln Brewster, Mercy Me, and Jeremy Camp are my favorite artists. I am so inspired by their music. I Can Only Imagine is probably my favorite song.
Ministries....Greg Lauries Harvest has been very influential in my walk. What he says, and how he says it really sinks in with me.
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