What's My Story
How it began for me....
Carol
As a kid growing up in and around Church, I was surrounded by people who displayed a real sense of joy in their lives. I was told it was because they had asked Jesus to live in them and through them. When I was around eight years old, during Vacation Bible School, I asked Jesus to live inside of me.
I believe that my life changed at that time because from then on, I developed a conscious. When I did someting bad or acted up, I knew I was wrong. I would pray and ask Jesus to forgive me and I did not want to do that same wrong again.
Church became optional later as I grew up in my parent's home. I married early, soon after my high school graduation. Living as a "grown-up", new home, marriage and work, life was so different. I easily slipped into the secular world and away from what I knew to be the right way to live. My marriage soon ended in divorce and I moved away and into a downward spiral which was to last for many years. My life became a roller coaster where I would live like the devil when times were good and call out to Jesus in dispair when things went bad. Many times I knew Jesus heard my cries because I was spared from so much evil and was kept from falling totally over the edge.
I have no idea why Jesus Christ chose to step in and clear the path so many times in my life because I am unworthy of his mercy and grace. I am extremely blessed to have a wonderful Christian sister who has prayed for me most of my adult life, petitioning the Lord on my behalf. And on a cold Wednesday night in December 2005, at Mud Creek Baptist Church, Jesus Christ spoke so loud in my ear that I was sure everyone around me heard him. I knew it was my last chance to draw closer to the one who could give me the joy and peace that I had lacked for so many years.
Jesus Christ has blessed me with a wonderful Christian husband (whose story in itself is truly amazing).
I have been with the same employer for approximately eleven years and when I regained that joy and peace in my life, people at work began to notice the difference. I asked forgiveness from so many of my co-workers because of previous actions and was told "I knew there was something different about you".
I know that Jesus Christ has a sense of humor; because he has worked through me to start a Bible Study at work where it has lasted for more than three years.
I am constantly amazed at how the Lord has worked and is still working in my life. One of the best things that has happened since I changed my life, is the owner of the company I work for, replied on an email to say that it was nice to have a Christian as the HR Manager for his company.