Testimony:
As a child, I was fascinated with the moon. Maybe that’s because to me the moon represented God . . . Very Big and Very far away.
My family and I put our faith in the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy. We did not seek medical attention through the help of doctors when we were sick or injured. I find it interesting that at the age of 28, God would use bees to reveal Himself in an up-close and personal way.
On a warm August day, the bees came out of nowhere. Anaphylactic shock took hold hard and fast . . . I was unconscious within eight minutes.
Unconscious, and unable to practice my faith; I was taken to the closest hospital. Wow! How did I survive that? Why didn’t I die? Many more questions consumed my thoughts as I regained consciousness, and my swollen body struggled to recover.
After leaving the hospital three days later, my questions were still unanswered. I felt very uncomfortable with myself and the lifestyle I returned to. How had I lived the last ten years of my life so far from the morals from which I was raised? And this lonely heart of mine . . . will it ever be filled with love? A tiny little whisper escaped my lips, “I have got to get my life right with God.”
While visiting a friend, I hadn’t seen for a very long time, I began to tell her of the many wrong things that had become a part of my everyday life. She looked straight at me and said, “Well you know you’re a sinner?!” Actually, I hadn’t known that. It was the next few things she spoke that really had me baffled, though. She said, “Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died to set you free from your sin?"
What was she talking about? I had never heard that before. I answered inquisitively, “I don’t know? Am I supposed to? I will.” My words seemed to come out in slow motion. What happened next was not in slow motion, however. It all sort of came out of nowhere and happened very quickly. Her Pastor came to her house. The bathtub was filled with water. The Pastor prayed. And I went down under that water. Was it a lifetime or an instant? I came up out of that water— New. Unashamed. Clean. Free.
I began a journey that day—one I’m still on. Redemption is sure! An insatiable desire to read the Bible continues to water my soul, as I drink deeply of the words filled with life. My new, best friend, LORD, and Savior, Jesus Christ has reconciled me to God by cleansing me of my sin.
Now when I look at the moon, I see it as God’s creation. I see myself as God’s redeemed child, and I feel my Heavenly Father’s love, up-close and personal.