My Personal Testimony

Inner peace, Assurance of heaven, Patience and love

I accepted Christ as my savior and Lord around the age of 9. Although I didn't live the Christian life and lived my life as I wanted to, I was not following the Bible and the Lord's commandants. I came home from work to find my home empty as if a thief had come during the night and toke everything. A note on the counter stated if you want to contact me call my lawyer. I didn’t know she had a lawyer. We had been married for eight years and had a daughter that was 2 years old. Even though it’s been 45 years since this heartbreak and overwhelming event the pain is still there. I felt as part of me had died. Much of this hurt was caused by selfish ambitions of being successful in my business. At the time I had a full-time job plus starting a welding and light machine company. Working all the time with only 3-4 hours sleep per day, Staying irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy, short-tempered, touchy, and testy much of the time, especially toward my wife. I was pushing her away further each day and didn’t even realize what I was doing. I was putting the shop number one in my life, other things including my family were put on the back burner. Being young at 25 years old I thought I was doing all the right things but in fact I had it all wrong. I had forgot about God and family, trying to do it on my own. The sad thing is I opened the door and invited Satan to come in and destroy something more precious than I had even realized until it was much to late. I had forgotten God, a Bible that hadn’t been touched in years, many years since I had been in church. I was a Christian and my grandmother had been a wonderful influence in my younger years. I did my best to reconcile our marriage. I told her I would do whatever it took to get us back together. Marriage counseling, selling the business, or whatever I could do to make things right. But she had her mind made up. She had fell in love with the man I had running the shop when I wasn’t there. Nothing I could do to persuade her to change her mind. These events lead me back to seeking God and to live a more Christ like life. My heart was broken, my life shaken. I had never thought of divorce for us, but Satan had his way because I didn’t have Christ in our marriage. During those very difficult days when my heart and spirit was broken, I ask God to keep my heart tender and he has.

During that time God restored my soul, he lead beside the still waters of life. I was at the shadow of death as Satan was encouraging me to take my life as I felt I had nothing to live for. But God comforted me during this evil event and restored my soul. As Psalms says: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. I just want to praise the Lord for touching my life and feel closer to him that ever before currently. James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. My cup runneth over, my heart filled with praise and love. Thank you Jesus. Praise the Lord for his mercy, grace, and love. Amen!