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Jonah99 - The Patience Of God
GretchenJack - Three Testamonies
Jim
Bowdon, Georgia, U.S.A.
EMail: Jonah99@aol.comThe Patience Of God
Born in 1959, I was raised in the United Methodist. I probably grew up a typical midwestern boy, close to my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I attended a local college, and later contracted mononucleosis while on an archaeological dig in southern Ohio. While suffering through severe fevers, and a nearly four week fast due to my sore throat, I began to read the Bible.
I realized that I was living my life contrary to God's plan and felt determined to turn away from the sin in my life. As I recuperated I began attending my grandparents church and heard the gospel in its truth and simplicity. I began to read the Bible every day, and it almost seemed as if someone was sitting there reading it with me. One night I was returning from work, and I began to cry because of the anger that I knew God felt toward me because of my sin.
I began to tell God how much I loved Him, but before I could go much further I felt or heard a voice say " I love You!", and I understood that it was God's great love for me as displayed in Jesus' life and death that made things right, not my attempts to show love for Him. That really began a period of intense prayer, reading of the scriptures, and fellowship with other believers. My friends and family thought I had lost my mind.
All I knew was that I finally had peace within me, and I saw God moving in other lives. I had already gone back to school, and began to sense that this was not the right place for me at that time. I wanted to trust God to direct my path, but instead returned to school in order to please my parents. That began a gradual decline in which I tried harder and harder to please God, be obedient to His commands, etc. All I knew was that I was not living close to Jesus, and that my new life was slipping away. I struggled for many months, and finally left the church.
I thought that I had utterly failed God, not seeing that I was trying to serve Him through the Law which brings nothing but death. Seeing my failure, and that I had profaned His sacrifice, I ran into the arms of the world. But God has shown His mercy and faithfulness to me in spite of my spitting in His face.
Not long after leaving my grandparents church I was invited to come back. I tried to stay away, but it became unavoidable. I went, grumbling, and arguing with God the whole way. I was almost at the church, and telling God what I thought was wrong with the church, when my car became stuck between gears on a set of train tracks near the church. I spent several minutes trying to shift into any gear, sitting square on the tracks, when I heard a whistle around the curve. I tried desperately, but could not make the car move. I looked up to see the engine bearing down on me, moving quickly, but I could not take my hands off of the wheel. I bowed my head, apologized to God for my hard heart, and told Him I knew this was my reward for my actions.
I didn't vow to do anything, I only watched the train come closer. At the very last second, it was as if someone pushed the front of my vehicle with a mighty shove. My car began to roll back off of the tracks an instant before the train hit it, taking off the front bumper, bending the front and rear axles, and crumpling the hood. I was alive, unscratched. Saved by God himself. I went on to the church, hugged my grandfather, laid down in a pew and shook. I told him what had happened and he praised God. But shortly after that I was back at it. Stupid, stubborn, blind, but I knew that I owed my very life to God, that He actually spared me. I began to wonder why He had saved me, and was afraid of the answer.
I have spent the last 15 years running from the God who spared my life, who has demonstrated His great love for both me and you. I don't know why, but he patiently and faithfully called to me over the years. I can't forget Him, what he has done for me, and my need for Him. I have been drawn back to the church, and hope to encourage everyone of you that thinks he or she has failed God and fallen beyond His reach. He is unbelievably patient, and kind, and His arms are open wide.
I hope that you'll pray for me that He continues to soften my heart and draw me closer, into the way of Peace.
Gretchen Jack
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.
EMail: Jack@schriever.af.milThree Testamonies
This is my next testimonial . . . during the the time of living in this one bedroom apartment, a lot of things were happening that were about to lead to an even more exciting path to God. Well, by this time, I'm not perfect by any means, but I need to tell it like it really is/was. I had been dating Kevin for quite some time now and we decided to live together. I got pregnant and by about Thanksgiving 1998, I found this out and felt like I had seriously failed God, with Him and myself uniting and me being "Saved" made me feel like the biggest sinner of them all and I knew what to do to fix it . . . . not live with Kevin, but I didn't do that, we remained living together . . . anyway, one night when we were sleeping, something woke me, that feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and wonder why you're completely awake at 3am?! Well, I went to the living room and kneeled down in front of the couch. I was in the dark, eyes closed and praying like I never had before. I felt so drawn to pray. I don't even know how long I had prayed, all I knew was that when I was finished, I sat up on the couch and was still in prayer mode. So I sorta rest my head on my hands (in thinking position) and was just letting my mind go through the prayer thoughts. One of the last things in my prayer was me telling God that no matter what . . . I know He is real and the Ruler and Creator of all. With no doubt, I believed 100%, whole-heartedly in Him. I didn't need proof or eveidence of the past to know God was real. But I also told God that if He felt like giving me a sign, that was cool too, not to show proof of His existance, but to show He was there with me and heard me. YES!! I DID NOT NEED GOD TO PROVE HIMSELF, I DO HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, KNOWING GOD MUST, I ASKED. Well, I was about to get up and go back to bed, when all the sudden, from across the room, my T.V. flicked on really bright and then right back off. It was a really bright light and it seemed to have stayed on for only about a second. I was no where near the outlet or the remote control. I knew it was God, I ran like a scared child into my bedroom. I immediately woke Kevin, now my husband, and told him what happened. He was still in sleep mode, so he didn't feel quite a jolt as I just had. I sat on the bed, scared to go back out, but I felt like God was telling me to be careful what you ask for and that I needed to be brave and come back out to the living room. I felt like God was challenging me. So,I finally got myself up and walked out really slow, I felt as if God were sitting on the couch waiting for me to be strong. I finally sat back down and prayed Him an spoke to Him as if he were really a human sitting right next to me. I told Him, I was scared and that I didn't mean to challenge Him, just wanted to see if He would actually give me a sign.....Just remember, if you ask for it, expect it. God can do anything and with Him living inside you and He being all poserful - you have the power to do so much, it's unbelievable.
It was fall/winter 1998 when I was sitting in my one-bedroom apartment. I was watching T.V. alone, no one lived with me. I was 22 and very much searching for my place with God. I seen a Latter Day Saint commercial, sending out "Free" Lamb of God videos. I felt overcome to call and order, not usually like me. So, I was eagerly wanting to have this video, I guess because of all the searching I had done to this point to find my "Way" and "Place" of worship with God. I know it doesn't have to be in any special church, but I wanted to get on my knees and be able to ask any questions I had, at the same time. I couldn't just do this at my apartment, we'll at least I didn't think so. A few days after ordering the video, I heard a knock at my door. I looked through the peak-hole and seen two guys about my age, dressed in suites. Very clean-cut looking. I opened the door to find out what they wanted. They asked if they could come in and talk about God. I said . . . "Sure!" So, when they introduced themselves a bit more, I connected the two, LDS+LDS, it's got to be the delivery of my Lamb of God video. So, I asked the two guys if they were bringing me my video. They replied sorta dumb founded and asked what I was talking about. . . . I told them about ordering the video and they said they didn't come to deliver any video, but they did have a copy in their backback. Of course they gave it to me and I watched it later that day. About the two guys. They were missionaries, Elders, we immediately clicked. One's name was Elder Dodds, the other . . . Elder Ross. Dodds and I were like really good friends, brother and sisterly. It was really pretty odd. I had been praying to God about trying to figure this all out, trying to find God and all and who I was and what my purpose was. Well, I told them they could come back anytime and they did, almost every day and we talked about God. I'm not condeming the LDS beliefs or anything, I just want that clear first. I told them I didn't believe in what they were teaching, but that if anything they spoke of, if they could find it in the Bible for me. I didn't want anything from any teaching, except the Bible. It was hard enough trying to be/become Christian, let alone, allowing any unwanted strayed wisdom in my head. So, they totally understood and of course I told them they could tell me about LDS. So, anyways, after time seemed to just fly by and weeks had passed, I realized the video never arrived through the mail. I told them and we all knew God sent them to me. He was using these guys to bring me to Him and the Truth. I finally made my peace and knew I was ready to give my life to God, so I told them I was ready to be "Saved" or "born again" . . . . No more than a week or so after, them keeping my secret of not wanting anything to do with the LDS religion, to themselves. Their church performed the whole white-robed ceremony just for me. Elder Dodds got to be the one in the water with me. I was so excited and so unsure of my surroundings, I didn't know anyone there, only a few I met occasionally while I actually visited their church. But, all these people were there just for me. They sang, prayed and worshiped all in my honor. I knew God sent me Elder Dodds, specially, as a mediator. God works in such dramatic ways. And so time has wore on and I am still vibrant as ever, in the faith. I have more testimonials of God's realness and His Power . . . . .Yes I have several testimonials. But this will be the last one for a while. This takes place just this year, 2002. I was leaving work, it was a long drive home and the sun was brightly shining. I had had this pain in the back of my neck. It was getting to the point where I was getting so irritated, I couldn't just not think about it, that's how much it was hurting. Anyways, I had never really asked God to heal me. I never felt like I was worthy enough. But one day, that day, I felt like God was teaching me a lesson, I had several inner thoughts and something was telling me to act upon them. I did, I started praying to the Lord, asking Him to heal my neck and telling Him I knew he could do this because I knew He had the powere to do anything. I was seriously praising God and feeling the sun penetrate my skin. I even had my hands raised to God, something I don't usually do, it's not something I was accustomed to doing. So, in the midst of it all, I felt this quiver in the back of my head and down my neck, the kind of chill you get when you're pretty cold and he get instantly warm from a heater, the chill just shakes it's way right out of you. I'm sure you know what I'm about to tell you, but . . . I said to God, "wow, that was fast, I kinda want to question if that was you or if it was just the sun." But then I realized, God is the sun and God is ALL. So, I waited a second and told Him I would not doubt his powers. So I tilted my head and I instantly felt a relief, but I still had some pain. I continued to pray and ask He take it all away, about a minute after the first chill, I had a second and to then told God, I was going to wait a second or two and then check my neck, it all seemed too good to be true. I did just that and when I tilted my head to the left, it was all gone. No more pain, it didn't even come back. I was so ecstatic. Still had chills in my neck and back. I thanked God so much and told so many people about this event. I belive with all myself, this was truely a miracle. God worked so fast and for me. How lucky was I to have had God personally heal me and me not go to a doctor and trust myhealing into a doctor. God is REAL. God Is FATHER, CREATOR, ETC. Just believe in Him and He will hear you and do miracles for your faith...
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