life transformed

Growing up in a Christian home, I only followed my parents to church but I never had a full understanding on my existence or my purpose in life.

I was 5 years old when I received the gift of eternal life. I would say I was very young then and did not fully understand the significance of the gift of eternal life. When I started going to school, I got easily influenced by the other friends around me and grew up self-centered. I never cared much about how people around me felt about my actions or my words and no one stopped me because they knew I wouldn't listen and even if my parents or my friends tried to talk to me i never took their advice. This continued on until the age of 10 when I started making enemies instead of friends. I eventually felt alone and sad as I got bullied and talk bad about all the time. It got a hold of me and I carried on the bad behaviour when I was at home or in church. In this season of my life, i started questioning myself on my purpose in life and whether my existence was actually God's plan. One day in Sunday school, the Bible verse about loving your enemies came along and it really woke me up from all from what I was feeling at that moment. I realized how much my bad behaviour has caused me to feel and behave and how much it actually affected my walk with God.

After that day, I was determined to dedicate my life back to God again and follow His ways. Indeed the process wasn't easy but i always tried my best to follow what God's ways instead of my ways. When I was 12, I had a personal encounter with God and i still remember the peace God gave me and just reminded me about His love towards all His children. As I read God's word, it was also then revealed to me that God had a plan for my life. I also learned so much more such as forgiveness, self-control, kindness and patience. At the end of the same year, I gave my life back to God and since then i grew up loving God, trusting Him and following His ways. I finally found the purpose and meaning to life and changed my attitude fully towards the people around me. Because of all this, I have peace knowing that God is real in my life.