Post by happyhomemaker on Jan 16, 2006 23:02:11 GMT -5
I have just had my 3rd birthday in the Lord! \0/ Here is my previously written testimony as it appears on my poems site...
I have been saved for just over year & I can tell you that its been the best year of my life....
I am so thankful that the Lord saved me! I cant express to you how terrible my life has been nor would I want to dig up what my life has been like....
I had a terrible childhood, with a Mother who screamed all the time & a Dad that wasnt the best in the world.......even now I am still a very nervous person because of those experiences....My Mom and Dad never talked to me about God, nor did they teach me (and brother) much about the gospel...I often think about what my life could have been like had I known....thats why I beg all parents to talk about the Lord...to teach their children about Jesus....
I have made more mistakes that I would care to even think about...so many that I thought salvation would be something I could never achieve, or earn, or anything...
I am so thankful that I had the life I had because I know what a gift God has given me...I know what a gift salvation is....becuase Ive been there...Ive done that...Ive been that woman at the well...and Praise the Lord...when He gave me the gift of salvation He gave me more than I ever deserved...more than I ever hoped for...........
to think that the reason I started going to church was because my Granny told me that carrying my children to church would teach them to behave better, etc...I went to church to give them direction & I ended up getting eternal salvation......how wonderful is that?
I have often thought about what Heaven will be like & I cant even imagine it...or should I say I can only imagine....*giggles*
I love to tell people about Jesus saving power....I love to tell people about where I came from....& where I am going now...all thanks to a risen Savior......
God bless you all...I hope that this made sence..............Kim
****
I just love Jesus
I haven't been a Christian for all that long, but that doesn't mean my love for Him isn't strong.......it is strong...very strong, and let me tell you why...
*
I was raised in a home where my Mom was mad at the world, and would scream for any reason...and let me say my Dad wasn't the best, and leave it at that.
*
Early in my life, the Devil was already trying to convince me that God couldn't possibly love me, or that wouldn't be happening to me....but what the Devil didnt want me to see is the times the Lord was right there with me in the late night, when I was shaking and scared to death about what was going on in my life...and I thank God for those times when God came to my aid...
*
I am a woman that has been the most unvirtuous woman any gal could be. I have done things that the Bible speaks against, and gave myself the excuse I wasn't raised in a religious home, or the fact I had been mistreated in order to make me feel better about the things that I was doing.
*
There came a time in my life that I had 2 children that I gave birth to, but were adopted by someone else. I tell you now that even still the pain from that is something that only God could help me with. If it werent the Lord with me I know I wouldn't make it.
*
I have 2 other children that I have been raising alone since their biological father (my ex) left us to chase after a life full of chrystal-meth, and all the things that go along with it.
*
Not so long ago, I got some saged advice from my Grandmother when I was faced with a dilemma with my children I had at home, who were giving me problems (behavior wise)she told me to get into church and they will behave so, I did....
*
after going for months, I began to think about Jesus and His forgiving power.....I cried myself to sleep more times than I can count. There were times when I was afraid to go to sleep out of fear that if I died I knew that I wouldnt go to Heaven. There were times that I could almost smell the fire and brimstone and the fate that awaited me. But what could I do? there was no way a woman like myself could get forgiveness, surely......I mean, I was the most terrible of women.....
*
But then one Sunday.......it happened!!!!!!! Jesus called me!!!!!!!!!!!! He wanted me, He wanted me!!!!!!!!!!
He forgave me!!!!!!!! He washed my sins away......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*
I am still praising Jesus for that one!
Thank you Jesus for your forgiving power....
OH YES, OH YES....IM THE CHILD OF THE KING...HIS ROYAL BLOOD NOW FLOWS IN MY VEINS!
Re: my humble testimony
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The Lord has been so good to me, and in ways that I still cant find words to describe!
Things are so hard for so many, and to know that the Lord looked at me, and took pitty upon my journey, and eased my load is more than I can stand.
God is so good to us all! He blesses us so everyday, and so many do not even take notice of miracles that happen in each of our lives every moment we breathe....its a blessing!
I have gone thru some personal trials as of late, and I have wondered more than once if I had let the Father down, and was being punished by losing my SS teaching blessing.
etc.
Well, I just had the biggest miracle to happen, and its not even me directly...its my Momma, but its still a blessing!!!
This whole journey for her began almost a year ago when she was diagnosed with ALS Lou Gehrigs Disease. Since that time she has declined at a rapid pace health wise...shes had to get a feeding tube, a walker, and other things that I never dreamed would happen to her.....
Since last Oct. I have gone out & tried to facilitate the necessary things to get a communication device for her. I have cried and begged the Lord upon my Mommas behalf...because this is not a luxury item to have, its neccesary for her to have even day to day.
I could do nothing. Everything that has so far been acomplished is soley the Lords doing, so Im giving Him the Honor & Praise He so richly deserves!!!!
I want to also tell you that my Momma says the only thing she REALLY wants to do with it is stand in church & tell the people what the Lord has done for her, and to give her testimony!!!
I am so blessed thank you Jesus!!!
thank you Lord for making a way for her to have this!!
please Lord let it come on time so she can have it b4 Sunday...
<side note.......her device arrived!!!! \0/ PTL!!!>
(my Mother is now with our Lord Jesus, but I left this in because it speaks so truthfully of my Mommie...)
I will be able to tell the Lord thank you for showing me mercy...can you imagine getting to rest at the Lords feet??!!!
I have had so many things in my life that has been hard, and has made me cry. I cant tell you the times I have been told what garbage I was. I cant tell you how mistreated I have been in my life. I cant tell you how dark and lonely my life was until the Lord left His 90 and 9 to come after this little sheep.
Eventhough getting saved didnt take away all of those memories...didnt make me forget what has happened to me...it has made me realize that everything here is just momentary. Just a strand of sand in the hourglass of eternity. amen! That makes me so happy.
You know I never thought I would be thankful for those bad times in my life...but I am...I know its because of those times that I have a forgiving heart. I know that I fail the Lord miserably with what I try to do to love and serve Him..but the Lord is so patient with me.
I still dont know what the Lord ever saw in me. I dont know of anyone that deserved Hell more than I did...Why I committed murder not once but twice in my life. And I am forgiven for it..I have no doubt in my mind that I am forgiven...Something that the devil said I would never be after having those abortions.
I am not proud of things that I have done. When I think of what disgusting things I have done it honestly makes me sick to my stomach...
but the Lord still...still saw something in me...
oh just shout amen!
it makes me so happy I love the Lord so much..to know He forgave me for those mistakes from so long ago...and even more than them...
it makes my life a little sweeter to know that I have the Lord in my life....and Heaven to look forward to!
---
yet more testimony from me........
It mentions my real name, I hope thats ok....
Hello,
My name is Kimberly Storey, and I am a sinner saved by grace.
I came from a home where the Lord was never mentioned, and I was abused in ways that no one deserves to have to endure.
I have been the most terrible trashy woman out there. Before I found the Lord, that is......
I was married more times than I care to count, and I even have committed the terrible act of abortion, not once, but twice....
I have given birth to 4 children 2 of which are adopted & are being raised someone else. The Lord blessed me with being able to love & raise my 2 babies.
Before the Lord saved me I was terrible. There isnt a sin I havent committed. But the Lord forgave me. He died for me. amen.
If you find anything at all good in my words here, it is totally the Lords doing.........that is the main reason I testify to my sinful nature w/o Him because I wanted you to know how wonderful He is & how he truly changed my life.....and yours too, if you will allow Him to.....
I was born again on January 14, 2004. I was then 34 years old. I was wicked, tired, and despret for something. And that something was Jesus.
I was led to start this little place because the Lord told me that one soul that needed to be saved would find it, and my words would be what they needed to hear, and my testimony too.
I dont know if thats you, or not. But I didnt start this place with any hopes of glamour, or money involved. My only hope is that someone somewhere will hear what I am saying & turn their lives over to the Lord........
Right now, as you are reading this, you may think that the Lord doesnt mean YOU..........but He does, believe me....He does.......
If I were to list all of my sins there wouldnt be enough internet places to list them all, and that would just be the start.
I know looking back that I was wounded & lashing out, but that doesnt change all of the terrible things I did, or how I am now paying for some of those sins.
If you are pregnant & considering abortion, I beg you to listen to me. You will never, ever forgive yourself. Forget all of the things you are hearing in your head about this is the best for you. etc. that simply isnt true.
That is a living baby, and you will be killing it. PERIOD. And if you do this, no matter how much time passes, you will forever be haunted by the choices that you made.
Adoption is a choice, but thats not an easy one either. I am still haunted by that choice too. But I at least didnt kill them, and I PTL for that \0/.
I beg you to just not do anything in the first place. It is better to wait. If you think for one minute that this guy isnt just talking trash, well send him my way, and I betcha I can prove you wrong by just talking over the phone with him about the Lord.......
Life is so hard without Jesus in it. And make no mistake life is hard too with Jesus, maybe even harder because so many people hate you & what you stand for especially in this day & time in this world. But its worth it.....
How can I say that? Because its true.
I had trials, etc. before, and I failed miserably at everything.....but I have Jesus with me, and thru Jesus now I have hope. What hope? The hope of Heaven......where I am going to be when I die.
My soul just aches for the Lost in this world, because I know what the devil is telling you.........the devil is a tricky, mean thing that doesnt care what he throws at you......but theres relief and that relief is Christ Jesus.
I ws 9 years old when I realized that something was wrong in my home. That my Daddy wasnt like other daddies. And when I realized that I made sure no other girls came to my home because I didnt want them to go thru what I was living thru.
I learned at an early age how to dress in the dark closet. I learned how to put an ace bandage around parts of my body that were beginning to mature so that my Daddy wouldnt notice it.
I learned how to hide from him, I learned how to get into a ball so small that he wouldnt know that I was there. I use to just pray that the Lord wouldnt let me go crazy while all of that was going on with me.
The devil pointed out really early in life that if God loved me he wouldnt let my Dad do those things to me.
When my Mom was happy she was the best Mom ever. But that was rare. Most of the time she was miserable, and sometimes she even shot at people she didnt like. Right off the bat I learned to avoid her & just do like she wanted me to so that I wouldnt be on the end of one of those shooting matches.
I was 10 years old the very first time I tried to kill myself. Obviously it didnt work. Neither did any of the other things I tried. I wont mention how here....No need to give ideas to searching doubters.
Every single relationship that I ever had was effected by the home I had. Every single one.......
I devolped an eating disorder, and spent a lot of my youth in and out of the hospitals trying to be cured of it, or live thru it......depending on what it was..the very first time I was in the hospital for self starvation was about the time I realized my Daddy was abusing me & I was 9.
I feel so sorry for that little girl in me. I hate that she never had a good home. Never heard about Jesus. Hardly ever got carried to church.
The rest of my life I will type a bit at a time.......
the rest hurts too much to do a lot at a time......
'But you look so normal.'
I hear that a lot when I testify......
but I am not.
I have faced the devil, and sometimes I have been one myself. There is nothing normal about me. And certainly nothing good..............EXCEPT JESUS........
I know that He was thinking of me when He was on that cross.......wow...........and He was thinking of you too. He was on that tree so that He could take every sin.........every disgusting, wrong thing upon Himself....He loves us so that He just couldnt allow us to go to Hell....which is what we all deserve, wouldnt you agree?
You know, now that I think about it, I am sure that I was the most terrible person that ever lived.
And God loves me.
Jesus died for me.
What does that mean for you??
God loves you.
Jesus died for you.
I beg you to please turn your life over to Jesus.......you will never, ever regret it.....
thank you for allowing me to post this long thread here.....
I have been saved for just over year & I can tell you that its been the best year of my life....
I am so thankful that the Lord saved me! I cant express to you how terrible my life has been nor would I want to dig up what my life has been like....
I had a terrible childhood, with a Mother who screamed all the time & a Dad that wasnt the best in the world.......even now I am still a very nervous person because of those experiences....My Mom and Dad never talked to me about God, nor did they teach me (and brother) much about the gospel...I often think about what my life could have been like had I known....thats why I beg all parents to talk about the Lord...to teach their children about Jesus....
I have made more mistakes that I would care to even think about...so many that I thought salvation would be something I could never achieve, or earn, or anything...
I am so thankful that I had the life I had because I know what a gift God has given me...I know what a gift salvation is....becuase Ive been there...Ive done that...Ive been that woman at the well...and Praise the Lord...when He gave me the gift of salvation He gave me more than I ever deserved...more than I ever hoped for...........
to think that the reason I started going to church was because my Granny told me that carrying my children to church would teach them to behave better, etc...I went to church to give them direction & I ended up getting eternal salvation......how wonderful is that?
I have often thought about what Heaven will be like & I cant even imagine it...or should I say I can only imagine....*giggles*
I love to tell people about Jesus saving power....I love to tell people about where I came from....& where I am going now...all thanks to a risen Savior......
God bless you all...I hope that this made sence..............Kim
****
I just love Jesus
I haven't been a Christian for all that long, but that doesn't mean my love for Him isn't strong.......it is strong...very strong, and let me tell you why...
*
I was raised in a home where my Mom was mad at the world, and would scream for any reason...and let me say my Dad wasn't the best, and leave it at that.
*
Early in my life, the Devil was already trying to convince me that God couldn't possibly love me, or that wouldn't be happening to me....but what the Devil didnt want me to see is the times the Lord was right there with me in the late night, when I was shaking and scared to death about what was going on in my life...and I thank God for those times when God came to my aid...
*
I am a woman that has been the most unvirtuous woman any gal could be. I have done things that the Bible speaks against, and gave myself the excuse I wasn't raised in a religious home, or the fact I had been mistreated in order to make me feel better about the things that I was doing.
*
There came a time in my life that I had 2 children that I gave birth to, but were adopted by someone else. I tell you now that even still the pain from that is something that only God could help me with. If it werent the Lord with me I know I wouldn't make it.
*
I have 2 other children that I have been raising alone since their biological father (my ex) left us to chase after a life full of chrystal-meth, and all the things that go along with it.
*
Not so long ago, I got some saged advice from my Grandmother when I was faced with a dilemma with my children I had at home, who were giving me problems (behavior wise)she told me to get into church and they will behave so, I did....
*
after going for months, I began to think about Jesus and His forgiving power.....I cried myself to sleep more times than I can count. There were times when I was afraid to go to sleep out of fear that if I died I knew that I wouldnt go to Heaven. There were times that I could almost smell the fire and brimstone and the fate that awaited me. But what could I do? there was no way a woman like myself could get forgiveness, surely......I mean, I was the most terrible of women.....
*
But then one Sunday.......it happened!!!!!!! Jesus called me!!!!!!!!!!!! He wanted me, He wanted me!!!!!!!!!!
He forgave me!!!!!!!! He washed my sins away......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*
I am still praising Jesus for that one!
Thank you Jesus for your forgiving power....
OH YES, OH YES....IM THE CHILD OF THE KING...HIS ROYAL BLOOD NOW FLOWS IN MY VEINS!
Re: my humble testimony
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Lord has been so good to me, and in ways that I still cant find words to describe!
Things are so hard for so many, and to know that the Lord looked at me, and took pitty upon my journey, and eased my load is more than I can stand.
God is so good to us all! He blesses us so everyday, and so many do not even take notice of miracles that happen in each of our lives every moment we breathe....its a blessing!
I have gone thru some personal trials as of late, and I have wondered more than once if I had let the Father down, and was being punished by losing my SS teaching blessing.
etc.
Well, I just had the biggest miracle to happen, and its not even me directly...its my Momma, but its still a blessing!!!
This whole journey for her began almost a year ago when she was diagnosed with ALS Lou Gehrigs Disease. Since that time she has declined at a rapid pace health wise...shes had to get a feeding tube, a walker, and other things that I never dreamed would happen to her.....
Since last Oct. I have gone out & tried to facilitate the necessary things to get a communication device for her. I have cried and begged the Lord upon my Mommas behalf...because this is not a luxury item to have, its neccesary for her to have even day to day.
I could do nothing. Everything that has so far been acomplished is soley the Lords doing, so Im giving Him the Honor & Praise He so richly deserves!!!!
I want to also tell you that my Momma says the only thing she REALLY wants to do with it is stand in church & tell the people what the Lord has done for her, and to give her testimony!!!
I am so blessed thank you Jesus!!!
thank you Lord for making a way for her to have this!!
please Lord let it come on time so she can have it b4 Sunday...
<side note.......her device arrived!!!! \0/ PTL!!!>
(my Mother is now with our Lord Jesus, but I left this in because it speaks so truthfully of my Mommie...)
I will be able to tell the Lord thank you for showing me mercy...can you imagine getting to rest at the Lords feet??!!!
I have had so many things in my life that has been hard, and has made me cry. I cant tell you the times I have been told what garbage I was. I cant tell you how mistreated I have been in my life. I cant tell you how dark and lonely my life was until the Lord left His 90 and 9 to come after this little sheep.
Eventhough getting saved didnt take away all of those memories...didnt make me forget what has happened to me...it has made me realize that everything here is just momentary. Just a strand of sand in the hourglass of eternity. amen! That makes me so happy.
You know I never thought I would be thankful for those bad times in my life...but I am...I know its because of those times that I have a forgiving heart. I know that I fail the Lord miserably with what I try to do to love and serve Him..but the Lord is so patient with me.
I still dont know what the Lord ever saw in me. I dont know of anyone that deserved Hell more than I did...Why I committed murder not once but twice in my life. And I am forgiven for it..I have no doubt in my mind that I am forgiven...Something that the devil said I would never be after having those abortions.
I am not proud of things that I have done. When I think of what disgusting things I have done it honestly makes me sick to my stomach...
but the Lord still...still saw something in me...
oh just shout amen!
it makes me so happy I love the Lord so much..to know He forgave me for those mistakes from so long ago...and even more than them...
it makes my life a little sweeter to know that I have the Lord in my life....and Heaven to look forward to!
---
yet more testimony from me........
It mentions my real name, I hope thats ok....
Hello,
My name is Kimberly Storey, and I am a sinner saved by grace.
I came from a home where the Lord was never mentioned, and I was abused in ways that no one deserves to have to endure.
I have been the most terrible trashy woman out there. Before I found the Lord, that is......
I was married more times than I care to count, and I even have committed the terrible act of abortion, not once, but twice....
I have given birth to 4 children 2 of which are adopted & are being raised someone else. The Lord blessed me with being able to love & raise my 2 babies.
Before the Lord saved me I was terrible. There isnt a sin I havent committed. But the Lord forgave me. He died for me. amen.
If you find anything at all good in my words here, it is totally the Lords doing.........that is the main reason I testify to my sinful nature w/o Him because I wanted you to know how wonderful He is & how he truly changed my life.....and yours too, if you will allow Him to.....
I was born again on January 14, 2004. I was then 34 years old. I was wicked, tired, and despret for something. And that something was Jesus.
I was led to start this little place because the Lord told me that one soul that needed to be saved would find it, and my words would be what they needed to hear, and my testimony too.
I dont know if thats you, or not. But I didnt start this place with any hopes of glamour, or money involved. My only hope is that someone somewhere will hear what I am saying & turn their lives over to the Lord........
Right now, as you are reading this, you may think that the Lord doesnt mean YOU..........but He does, believe me....He does.......
If I were to list all of my sins there wouldnt be enough internet places to list them all, and that would just be the start.
I know looking back that I was wounded & lashing out, but that doesnt change all of the terrible things I did, or how I am now paying for some of those sins.
If you are pregnant & considering abortion, I beg you to listen to me. You will never, ever forgive yourself. Forget all of the things you are hearing in your head about this is the best for you. etc. that simply isnt true.
That is a living baby, and you will be killing it. PERIOD. And if you do this, no matter how much time passes, you will forever be haunted by the choices that you made.
Adoption is a choice, but thats not an easy one either. I am still haunted by that choice too. But I at least didnt kill them, and I PTL for that \0/.
I beg you to just not do anything in the first place. It is better to wait. If you think for one minute that this guy isnt just talking trash, well send him my way, and I betcha I can prove you wrong by just talking over the phone with him about the Lord.......
Life is so hard without Jesus in it. And make no mistake life is hard too with Jesus, maybe even harder because so many people hate you & what you stand for especially in this day & time in this world. But its worth it.....
How can I say that? Because its true.
I had trials, etc. before, and I failed miserably at everything.....but I have Jesus with me, and thru Jesus now I have hope. What hope? The hope of Heaven......where I am going to be when I die.
My soul just aches for the Lost in this world, because I know what the devil is telling you.........the devil is a tricky, mean thing that doesnt care what he throws at you......but theres relief and that relief is Christ Jesus.
I ws 9 years old when I realized that something was wrong in my home. That my Daddy wasnt like other daddies. And when I realized that I made sure no other girls came to my home because I didnt want them to go thru what I was living thru.
I learned at an early age how to dress in the dark closet. I learned how to put an ace bandage around parts of my body that were beginning to mature so that my Daddy wouldnt notice it.
I learned how to hide from him, I learned how to get into a ball so small that he wouldnt know that I was there. I use to just pray that the Lord wouldnt let me go crazy while all of that was going on with me.
The devil pointed out really early in life that if God loved me he wouldnt let my Dad do those things to me.
When my Mom was happy she was the best Mom ever. But that was rare. Most of the time she was miserable, and sometimes she even shot at people she didnt like. Right off the bat I learned to avoid her & just do like she wanted me to so that I wouldnt be on the end of one of those shooting matches.
I was 10 years old the very first time I tried to kill myself. Obviously it didnt work. Neither did any of the other things I tried. I wont mention how here....No need to give ideas to searching doubters.
Every single relationship that I ever had was effected by the home I had. Every single one.......
I devolped an eating disorder, and spent a lot of my youth in and out of the hospitals trying to be cured of it, or live thru it......depending on what it was..the very first time I was in the hospital for self starvation was about the time I realized my Daddy was abusing me & I was 9.
I feel so sorry for that little girl in me. I hate that she never had a good home. Never heard about Jesus. Hardly ever got carried to church.
The rest of my life I will type a bit at a time.......
the rest hurts too much to do a lot at a time......
'But you look so normal.'
I hear that a lot when I testify......
but I am not.
I have faced the devil, and sometimes I have been one myself. There is nothing normal about me. And certainly nothing good..............EXCEPT JESUS........
I know that He was thinking of me when He was on that cross.......wow...........and He was thinking of you too. He was on that tree so that He could take every sin.........every disgusting, wrong thing upon Himself....He loves us so that He just couldnt allow us to go to Hell....which is what we all deserve, wouldnt you agree?
You know, now that I think about it, I am sure that I was the most terrible person that ever lived.
And God loves me.
Jesus died for me.
What does that mean for you??
God loves you.
Jesus died for you.
I beg you to please turn your life over to Jesus.......you will never, ever regret it.....
thank you for allowing me to post this long thread here.....