My Testimony

I'm glad I have eternal life because God fills my emptiness with his love and forgiveness.

I was once involved in a community and grew very close to the people in it. I thought I had found a second home where I was loved and cared for. However, that community let me down. After that I began to question God for what happened and fell into severe depression. I was not diagnosed, because I never told anyone about it. But, I don't think you need to be to know that something is wrong. I had a gap in my heart that could never be filled and life seemed utterly meaningless. Now looking back at that I realize that the reason that gap could never be filled was because I didn't have God in my life. Of course, I still called myself a Christian at that time and believed in his existence. But, I didn't live out my faith. I ignored God and his efforts to help me. About a year later, I found Rockford Baptist. That's when I not only found my true second family, but also where I found the God that I had lost in depths of my depression.

That fulfillment God me when I allowed him back into my life showed me that I cannot live without him. God was always there with me and he will never leave me. I am confident that I will on day live eternally with him in heaven and can't wait live out the plan that he has for me here on earth.