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Considering myself a child of God do you think my decidsion was out of character?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by christi pemberton Mar 15.
More than a Conqueror
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- To share and comunicate with other born again Christians new and seasoned. We are all going through something and chances are I am going through or have been through what someone else may be presently facing and visa versa. We all need to hear a Word from the Lord.
Now 53 years old it seems my life really just begun. Before the age of 43 much of life for me is just a blur. Mentally, physically, and verbally abused as a child I grew up with very low self-esteem. I grew up feeling less than and alone. I just didn't see myself fitting in with main stream society.
In the home I was never taught to strive to be all I could be, instead I was constantly reminded how much I was unwanted while told I was no good and would never be. Just to give you an idea, being adopted I was constantly told even before I was ten years of age that my birth mother didn't want me because she knew something was wrong with me. So I grew up feeling nothing but rejection.
Because of how I felt about myself I would never complete anything positive I started. I would go through life believing life was against me, because of how I viewed myself I was limiting myself to defeat. Drugs became both my source of strength and my escape from reality. Living in such a confused state of mind can only lead us in one direction, down.
Only by God's grace was I able to after 30 years of living in the same mind-set was I able to step back and ask myself, is this all my life is about?
At the age of 42 I finally hit rock bottom, I had seen the inside of the county jail more times than I wanted to remember, I was now homeless for the first time in my life, I was suicidal feeling more alone than ever before.
Thank God I was raised to believe in God and although I always had doubts when the bottom fell out I called to the God I was raised to believe in. I asked Him to take me away from here. I confessed my acknowledgement
of helplessness to change who I had become. I told Him whatever He wanted me to do I would do. Many times when we ask God for things it's less than whole-heartedly because we doubt. I on the other hand was to a point where I seen no other options, I was at the end of my rope hanging by a thread, if God wouldn't hear and rescue me there was no hope.
The person I am today, the life I lead today, the peace of mind and spirit I have today, the accomplishments I've made, in my former state of mind I could have never imagined. God has taken me from a life of total confusion to a life of purpose and direction. I hated the person I had become, today I love the person I am. There is no doubt in my mind that only by God's power, grace, and mercy I am the person I am today.
In the home I was never taught to strive to be all I could be, instead I was constantly reminded how much I was unwanted while told I was no good and would never be. Just to give you an idea, being adopted I was constantly told even before I was ten years of age that my birth mother didn't want me because she knew something was wrong with me. So I grew up feeling nothing but rejection.
Because of how I felt about myself I would never complete anything positive I started. I would go through life believing life was against me, because of how I viewed myself I was limiting myself to defeat. Drugs became both my source of strength and my escape from reality. Living in such a confused state of mind can only lead us in one direction, down.
Only by God's grace was I able to after 30 years of living in the same mind-set was I able to step back and ask myself, is this all my life is about?
At the age of 42 I finally hit rock bottom, I had seen the inside of the county jail more times than I wanted to remember, I was now homeless for the first time in my life, I was suicidal feeling more alone than ever before.
Thank God I was raised to believe in God and although I always had doubts when the bottom fell out I called to the God I was raised to believe in. I asked Him to take me away from here. I confessed my acknowledgement
of helplessness to change who I had become. I told Him whatever He wanted me to do I would do. Many times when we ask God for things it's less than whole-heartedly because we doubt. I on the other hand was to a point where I seen no other options, I was at the end of my rope hanging by a thread, if God wouldn't hear and rescue me there was no hope.
The person I am today, the life I lead today, the peace of mind and spirit I have today, the accomplishments I've made, in my former state of mind I could have never imagined. God has taken me from a life of total confusion to a life of purpose and direction. I hated the person I had become, today I love the person I am. There is no doubt in my mind that only by God's power, grace, and mercy I am the person I am today.
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Why I Testify:
God his blessed me in so many ways and in ways that can’t be explained with human logic. When I see how my existence has climbed to heights and in directions unimaginable in such a short time I can’t help but to praise God because I know for a fact that it wasn’t by my own power.
I recall my experience in rehab seeking to know God and the importance of seeking a personal relationship with Him. There was one particular brother named O’Neal who was also going through the program, what made O’Neal… Continue
I recall my experience in rehab seeking to know God and the importance of seeking a personal relationship with Him. There was one particular brother named O’Neal who was also going through the program, what made O’Neal… Continue
Posted on December 20, 2008 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
Nothing short of a miracle:
You know, there was a time not long ago when God was the furthest thing from my mind. Today He's my closest friend who I invite everywhere I go. Proverbs 3:5-6 is my favorate scripture that I have come to live by.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.
Even now at fifty-three I remember clearly always being told as a young child into my early teens that I was no good and never would be.… Continue
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.
Even now at fifty-three I remember clearly always being told as a young child into my early teens that I was no good and never would be.… Continue
Posted on December 9, 2008 at 9:02pm — 2 Comments
How will you be remembered:
Focusing on the person you are right now, If you were to leave this life today how do you think you will be remembered. I thought I would ask this question because of the recent death of an Acquaintance. I met him at my former church home where he was part of the music ministry. The circumstances leading to his death involved a woman and child who were strangers walking ahead of him. A tree which had roted from the roots suddenly without warning began falling with the woman and child in its path… Continue
Posted on December 9, 2008 at 6:13pm — 3 Comments
By no other Name:
Once an addict always an addict; how many times have we heard this. Not meaning to be critical towards conventional drug rehab institutions but our conventional methods toward recovery tells us that we must accept this as fact as part of our recovery. Most do accept it and because we do sadly enough it becomes true.
If you think back most of us were in and out because we may have been drug free for a while but we still had the addict mentality, the dirty mouth, bad attitude, nasty habits. If you… Continue
If you think back most of us were in and out because we may have been drug free for a while but we still had the addict mentality, the dirty mouth, bad attitude, nasty habits. If you… Continue
Posted on December 7, 2008 at 8:50pm — 2 Comments
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