My personal testimony

Before I received eternal life I was always trying to fit in with the popular crowd.

i remember being at a “get together” with some friends and doing things that I was not proud of just so I could fit in. It wasn’t drugs or alcohol but more of just trying to be like all the other girls. It was so important to me to fit in to a certain crowd.

Then I went to a youth conference and God began to show me the sin in my life. I became very aware of how much I had been trying to fit in with the crowd and I knew that God was calling me to more than that. He began to reveal to me that I was a sinner and that He was holy and that there were things that I needed to repent of. I went forward to that altar call and turned my life over to Jesus and He began a work in me that has been amazing and transforming!

Now that I have eternal life I’m not worried what others think of me. I only care what God says of me.

When I came back to school after that youth conference, I could tell I was different. For once when I walked into school I didn’t care what people were thinking of me. I walked by a table of girls that I would’ve normally been intimidated by but it didn’t matter to me anymore what they thought. I was just so thankful for the identity that I had received in Christ.

I know that when I received eternal life that God gave me a new identity in Him, and He gave me a purpose in my life. I’m not worried about what people think anymore, now I think about how I can help others who might be going through the same things that I did. I’m no longer seeking approval from people, I’m only seeking approval from God and He lets me know I now have His approval.