What do you think of when you see the word testimony? To me it is a reminder of what Christ has done in my life. Nothing I have done or will do can earn me salvation. It is because of His Grace only that i am saved. When I was six years old my parents divorced. My mother raised me and my brother on her own. My mother was an example to me. She went without many times for me and my brother to have things. We struggled through out life, but she never gave up on God. I grew up going to church, but left because I was offended. People in my own church dogged my mom and talked about her like she was nothing.
I saw that and said to myself, if that is the " Love of God", than I want no part. I ran from God. I still went to church because she wanted me to, and I always wanted to honor her, but really wnet to just socialize. She meant and still does mean so much to me. She was Christ for me when I was a child. Just as it says in Corinthians she was imitating Him. She always loved them in spite of what was being said. I got involved some with alchol & drugs but I was never happy. It did nothing for me. I knew there was still a void that wasn't filled. At 17 I rededicated my life to Christ. It hasn't been easy, and yes I have fallen a couple of times since, but God was right there for me when I felt all alone. It was His unfailing love that got me through every trial that came. He is and always will be the God of another chance.
