Below is my testimony in the form of a letter. Soon after my eyes were open to the Lord's salvation and I accepted it myself I began to write papers with my experiences. All of the papers were Christian-themed. About a year later, my uncle, who lives up in Oregon, got to chatting with me and I brought up some of my writings. He expressed interest in reading them so I bundled them up and mailed them up to him, but with them I also wrote him a letter as to why I began writing and the experience I had that lead me to it. It's pretty long so I don't blame you if you don't want to read something so long and I thank you for those that take the time to do so. I hope you are blessed by it and find encouragement through it. God Bless to all!
Hey Uncle Sonny, I hope everything is going okay for you. Thanks for expressing interest in my stuff. I'm very excited to have you read it and to hear your thoughts. I hope you enjoy them.
I'm inserting introductions to all of the papers to explain why God put it on my heart to write the things I did, to give any other info that might be of interest in regards to each paper, and to be able to walk you through each one in relation to when they were written. This particular intro will explain my new beginning with Christ and why I chose to write.
One of the most eye-opening statements that has really stuck with me is "It's not about religion, it's about a relationship." I attended Catholic Church most of my young life. I learned some stories from the Bible, I learned about Jesus, and I learned about Baptism, Communion and Confession. I learned when to kneel, when to stand, and when to sit, and I learned that if you leave right after Communion, you could make it out of the parking lot without having to deal with traffic. I learned that church is where you go once a week, for an hour, to pay your respects (whether you felt like it or not) to a God that never ventured beyond its walls, because that's the way it was. I learned a lot of things at Catholic Church, except for the one thing I needed to learn. As is life, "It's not about what you know, but about who you know."
-taking a break.....will finish at a later time!
Hey Uncle Sonny, I hope everything is going okay for you. Thanks for expressing interest in my stuff. I'm very excited to have you read it and to hear your thoughts. I hope you enjoy them.
I'm inserting introductions to all of the papers to explain why God put it on my heart to write the things I did, to give any other info that might be of interest in regards to each paper, and to be able to walk you through each one in relation to when they were written. This particular intro will explain my new beginning with Christ and why I chose to write.
One of the most eye-opening statements that has really stuck with me is "It's not about religion, it's about a relationship." I attended Catholic Church most of my young life. I learned some stories from the Bible, I learned about Jesus, and I learned about Baptism, Communion and Confession. I learned when to kneel, when to stand, and when to sit, and I learned that if you leave right after Communion, you could make it out of the parking lot without having to deal with traffic. I learned that church is where you go once a week, for an hour, to pay your respects (whether you felt like it or not) to a God that never ventured beyond its walls, because that's the way it was. I learned a lot of things at Catholic Church, except for the one thing I needed to learn. As is life, "It's not about what you know, but about who you know."
-taking a break.....will finish at a later time!