I am a stay-home-mom and love my two girls, Ivana is 3 and Alexa is 1, and love my dear husband, Alex. I want to start by saying that God is awesome, all the time, in good and bad times, and I'm living proof. My life I consider it to be a blessing from start to now. I tell you why, ever since I can remember I have believed in God, my parents were catholic, and we would go to church almost every Sunday. I remember always talking to God before going to sleep at 6 years old and after. However, as time passed and I became older, we only attended church for special occasions, baptism, first-communion, etc...But I always prayed at night. About 6 years ago, when I am in my mid-twenty's, I had a born again experience, through a Disciples of Christ Christian Church. The day that I first attended their service, I felt something different, I remember crying as the pastor preached about a testimony of a young girl. At that time I didn't realized what God was doing in me, and even though I was not used to such happy music in church, and the Hallelujahs as the preacher preached, I felt good. It was a weird good. I remember at the end of the service that the preacher asked if someone in the service wanted to be prayed on, I felt I wanted to go, so I did. I don't remember what he said to me, but my heart was open to receive the blessing.
After attending the service I did not become born-again right away, I still was my old self. However, my future mother-in-law at that time, she was a christian, who was praying for me and my now husband. She would say a lot of things regarding life and God that made sense to me. So, I found myself pondering about life, God in general. I asked friends and family regarding their believes. Of course most of them were like me at that time, only seeking God in the time of need, or going to church for special events. Some people I knew, would tell me that it was fanaticism, to seek God 24/7. However, I kept going to that church. During this time of pondering about God, several things happened to me that I would say God put in my way, responding to my questions. It was things that no one else knew yet, God knows, and he would revealed them to me at the moments I wondered...for example, I was wondering regarding His existence and all of the sudden in a radio station that had nothing to do with God, a christian song would play. I was like, this has to be God talking to me. I knew I wasn't going crazy, and that God was showing me the way.
Since then, I have had more and more experiences with God. I was baptize in the waters, to symbolize my born again life, and now serve in the church and community. My firstborn was conceived thanks to God, and she even was miraculously healed at 18 mos. of age from a hip condition, thanks to God. It's amazing how he works, and he doesn't stop to amaze me every single day. He is awesome! I love the peace, and inter-healing to my soul and spirit that he has provided to me, in my personal life, and family.God is awesome! Of course being a Christian is not like roses, beautiful and rosy, because even the most beautiful roses have thorns. We will have afflictions in life, but God is there to hold our hand. All I know is that the cross symbolizes victory, and that I am forgiven. I feel passionate about God, and I am so grateful of his love and mercy. He is Awesome!
Here are some bible verses to reflect on.
God bless!
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. - Deuteronomy 7:9
For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened Matthew 7:8
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. Acts 10:43
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