A (short) testimony of what God has done in my life

Hi Pancakelover. I've just joined the site yesterday, and wanted to thank you for your testimony. My own life was a complete mess when I invited Jesus into my life. Also, I myself was a complete mess, and He had a lot of work to do changing me. (He's certainly not finished yet.) So all of this meant that I identified strongly with your testimony, though my own is different. From the outside, my life looked OK, even 'successful', but the inside was very different. My marriage was going badly, I hated the work I was doing, I was drinking too much alcohol, and I had no idea what life was about. I was in love with material possessions, because I could look at them and tell myself the LIE that all those material things meant I was doing OK. Sometimes I could almost believe it.

Then I crashed my new company car, and, standing in the middle of the road, had to face up to the fact that I was probably a quarter of the way through my life, and that all of it so far was rubbish. I asked Jesus to come into my life and just use me for something worthwhile. He did! HALLELUJAH! That was over 40 years ago, and I still haven't got over the amazement that Jesus came looking for me, when I certainly wasn't looking for Him. My wife was a Christian already, and was delighted with the changes she began to see in me. A few months later, God dealt with the big one - my love of things as the basis of my security and self-worth. He called us to give up our jobs, sell our home, and go to work full-time as volunteers in a project for single homeless men. I subsequently became a social worker, then later a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice. Now we are both retired, and both of us are lay ministers in the Anglican Church.

Our experience is that God works ALL things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28) - including all the problems we brought with us when we came to Him! So this is to say to you that God uses all those problems to mold us into the instruments of His love that He has destined us to become, (See Romans 8:29) for the specific ministry He has prepared in advance for us to do. (See Ephesians 2:10) They published a book about my testimony in 2007, with a second edition in 2013. Amazon still have it in stock - but you can get a pdf copy free by clicking this link: http://www.livingjesus.co.uk/transformed.pdf

What a wonderful adventure is life with the Lord, our wonderful Saviour and Master! I know that God will bless and use the unique ministry for which He is preparing you to glorify His wonderful name, and to bless many people who need Him.

I would like to share my testimony. I hope that’s ok.

I was born with severe mental illnesses. Mental illness in children is rare, and even rarer in little girls, but I won the lottery, so to speak, and that’s me.

I have been very sick for a very long time. I have had hallucinations and delusions. I have had psychotic breaks. I have hurt the people around me. I have had intrusive terrible thoughts and compulsions to to horrible things and have always been different from those around me. I am an alcoholic and a drug addict as well (these things often go together).

But what Satan intended for evil, God intended for good.

God has blessed me tremendously. I have earned my bachelor’s degree, then my law degree. I have a family that is complicated and frightening but that loves me. I have a pet, and an apartment, and I live on my own as a real adult. None of these things would be possible without God. He has been my shining light, the shelter in the storm, my solid rock. And I have had the great pleasure and gift of being able to share what God has done for me in my life with others, a gift I did not deserve and never could have earned.

And he has promised me that I won’t need to live like this forever, and I cling to that promise with everything I have.

Thank you for reading. Please pray for me. Especially today, as I am going through trials and tribulations before Him.

If my story speaks to you, I would be happy to answer questions or tell you more about my life. Thank you again for you attention. God bless you.

I would like to share my testimony. I hope that’s ok.

I was born with severe mental illnesses. Mental illness in children is rare, and even rarer in little girls, but I won the lottery, so to speak, and that’s me.

I have been very sick for a very long time. I have had hallucinations and delusions. I have had psychotic breaks. I have hurt the people around me. I have had intrusive terrible thoughts and compulsions to to horrible things and have always been different from those around me. I am an alcoholic and a drug addict as well (these things often go together).

But what Satan intended for evil, God intended for good.

God has blessed me tremendously. I have earned my bachelor’s degree, then my law degree. I have a family that is complicated and frightening but that loves me. I have a pet, and an apartment, and I live on my own as a real adult. None of these things would be possible without God. He has been my shining light, the shelter in the storm, my solid rock. And I have had the great pleasure and gift of being able to share what God has done for me in my life with others, a gift I did not deserve and never could have earned.

And he has promised me that I won’t need to live like this forever, and I cling to that promise with everything I have.

Thank you for reading. Please pray for me. Especially today, as I am going through trials and tribulations before Him.

If my story speaks to you, I would be happy to answer questions or tell you more about my life. Thank you again for you attention. God bless you.

I would like to share my testimony. I hope that’s ok.

I was born with severe mental illnesses. Mental illness in children is rare, and even rarer in little girls, but I won the lottery, so to speak, and that’s me.

I have been very sick for a very long time. I have had hallucinations and delusions. I have had psychotic breaks. I have hurt the people around me. I have had intrusive terrible thoughts and compulsions to to horrible things and have always been different from those around me. I am an alcoholic and a drug addict as well (these things often go together).

But what Satan intended for evil, God intended for good.

God has blessed me tremendously. I have earned my bachelor’s degree, then my law degree. I have a family that is complicated and frightening but that loves me. I have a pet, and an apartment, and I live on my own as a real adult. None of these things would be possible without God. He has been my shining light, the shelter in the storm, my solid rock. And I have had the great pleasure and gift of being able to share what God has done for me in my life with others, a gift I did not deserve and never could have earned.

And he has promised me that I won’t need to live like this forever, and I cling to that promise with everything I have.

Thank you for reading. Please pray for me. Especially today, as I am going through trials and tribulations before Him.

If my story speaks to you, I would be happy to answer questions or tell you more about my life. Thank you again for you attention. God bless you.

All your testimonies are so inspiring. I am overwhelmed by the love God shows each and everyone of us. He pulls us out of the most murky, slimy pits of darkness and despair and offers us life and hope. Praise Him! Now and then I feel the tentacles of evil influences encroaching and have to stay steadfast in my faith, distancing myself from those harmful thoughts and actions. But I keep repeating the verse from Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I would like to share my testimony. I hope that’s ok.

I was born with severe mental illnesses. Mental illness in children is rare, and even rarer in little girls, but I won the lottery, so to speak, and that’s me.

I have been very sick for a very long time. I have had hallucinations and delusions. I have had psychotic breaks. I have hurt the people around me. I have had intrusive terrible thoughts and compulsions to to horrible things and have always been different from those around me. I am an alcoholic and a drug addict as well (these things often go together).

But what Satan intended for evil, God intended for good.

God has blessed me tremendously. I have earned my bachelor’s degree, then my law degree. I have a family that is complicated and frightening but that loves me. I have a pet, and an apartment, and I live on my own as a real adult. None of these things would be possible without God. He has been my shining light, the shelter in the storm, my solid rock. And I have had the great pleasure and gift of being able to share what God has done for me in my life with others, a gift I did not deserve and never could have earned.

And he has promised me that I won’t need to live like this forever, and I cling to that promise with everything I have.

Thank you for reading. Please pray for me. Especially today, as I am going through trials and tribulations before Him.

If my story speaks to you, I would be happy to answer questions or tell you more about my life. Thank you again for you attention. God bless you.