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My True Testimony
by Jean Lopez I have travelled the road of sin that rocky rocky plan where everything is uncertain and dressed-up falsely grand! I have yielded to temptations over and over again I have broken the ten commandments for acceptance and for gain. I have schemed and I have plotted wheeled and dealed to get my way and EVERYTIME I thought I'd won I had only failed. My burdens became heavier no matter how HARD I tried and I became so tired in my life all I did was cry but no one saw my secret tears they only saw my smiles my heart was broken and deep inside my soul had died. And so each day would find me just going with the flow while hoping things would get better since I could fight no more. But even though I felt tired and defeated I STILL held onto sin somehow I had to get my justice vengeance was my will. For ALL that I had sacrificed and for ALL that it had cost I had to get my pound of flesh for ALL that I had lost... and I was NOT going to walk away neither would I be tossed! Therefore I decided to throw caution to the wind this battle I was fighting I was sure again to win. But on that faithful evening when evil should have struck the course of sin was shifted and once again I had lost. Bewildered and frustrated I hoped for another chance but little did I know nor cared to understand that the Father took me off the road of sin filled with rocky rocky plans. The Father brought me to His house and I entered through His gates but I didn't go to worship and I didn't go to pray I didn't go to give Him thanks and I didn't go to stay. Week after week every Sunday God took me to His house and I entered through His gates but I didn't go to offer Him praise and I did not go to stay. Going was just something to pass the time. I paid no attention. I just sat there and told jokes and poked fun at members of the congregation. Once again I was smiling and no one smelled my decay this vengeance I was hiding would HAVE to be repaid. When will the service be over? I needed to devise another plan and I had better things to do than to sit there and listen to that "preacher-man" Then one Sunday morning as I sat there yawning... longing to escape I heard this question (it was the ONLYTHING I heard throughout the entire sermon) have you tried Jesus? Won't you give Him a try today? heck, I said to myself, I have nothing left to lose! so I stood-up with the congregation and I tried HARD to pray. Kneel down, said a small voice in my head. Reluctantly, with my eyes still closed I got down on bended knees and...BEHOLD! I was in the presence of Jesus! He was standing there! I was kneeling at His feet and I was not afraid it was just the two of us no one else was there I was in the presence of Jesus?! and He was standing there And so I began to tell Him of how HARD I tried in my life and of ALL the things I'd done I even mentioned to Him ALL the places I had gone. I said I'm coming to YOU now, Lord Jesus, and something MUST be done. Jesus didn't rebuke me or reproach me He didn't even criticize He simply uttered these words: I have loved you from the beginning but you kept-on putting your trust in "man" and I have never failed you yet I have always been standing here Then somehow I knew the church service was over and as I tried to stand I became unsteady on my feet and was given a helping hand I was feeling rather dizzy why?...I couldn't understand? what was the cause of my drunkenness? I asked but no one seemed quite able to answer my question. WITHIN THREE DAYS I felt my burdens rolling away there was a fresh wholesome newness in my soul and EVERYTHING I was chasing didn't matter to me anymore I became enlightened and I began to understand: I was in my Saviour's Court by His stripes He redeemed ME He took my burdens away and gave me one that was easy with a yolk that was light, His Body I was the worst of the very worst I was filthy but He washed me and gave me His cup to drink the Blood of the New Testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Now I am a Christian being taught by my Saviour. I am happy in my Father's Kingdom and freely doing His Will on earth. My Saviour's words live inside me He is showing me the way and whenever I go to worship I enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His court with praise I am thankful unto Him and I continually bless His name for the Lord is good unto me He showed me His mercy and His truth will endure with me forever. HAVE YOU TRIED JESUS? WON'T YOU GIVE HIM A TRY TODAY? Copyright info: bjlopez ARR Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |