I wasn't raised in church....

Muezzette,

Let me share some of my testimony with you.


I wasn't raised in Church, my life wasn't filled with lots of happy moments on the contrary it was quite different from the life I now live.

I grew up in a very violent home with lots of abuse mentally, verbally and physically.  Nothing but pure madness.

Twice in my life I had someone attempt to sexually abuse me when I was 8 and again when I was 16.  Both times by a person close to our family.  When I was 16 it was worse because this person continually kept trying to assault me for over a month.  I Thank God that he was never successful, every time he tried to harm me God was there to help me escape.

As for the physical abuse that I mentioned, that was very dramatic, I can remember not being able to go to school for days at a time or even to visit my grandparent house because I was bruised & beaten,  so badly that my mom would keep me home and was afraid that she might go to jail if anyone saw me.  I was called every curse word made known to man!

 and I was also continually told how I was "no good for nothing" and "I would never amount to anything".

I experience a lot of pain. So much in fact that by the time I was 18 and someone told me about the love of God I felt that I had nothing to lose. So I asked Jesus to come into my heart and be my personal savior.  

That was the BEST thing that I have ever done!.  I've been going to church ever since and my life has been nothing but blessed, sure I experience difficult times but God is always with me and he always sees me through.  He loved me when I thought no one did, he gave me dignity, self-worth, joy, respect for myself and others, peace, the things money can't buy.

 He put forgiveness in my heart and has made me a entirely NEW PERSON.

This is just a small part of what he has done for me. GOD IS SOOOO GOOD!!!  I gave him my old life filled with pain and heartache he gladly took it  and in return gave me a new life filled with joy and happiness.