Family life when I was young wasn’t always easy or pleasant, but I thank God that my parents saw the importance of going to Church. I really don’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in God and all that He created or that He sent His Son to die on the cross for sinners; as we all are. That is what I had been told as long as I can remember.

During Vacation Bible School in 1970 pastor Ronnie came into our Sunday School class and asked if anyone would like to be saved and go to heaven. He asked if we realized that we were sinners and that God had sent His Son to die on the cross for our sins. Of course I did, I had heard nothing else from little on up. And so I got saved that day in our little church in North Carolina. But as a new and young Christian I had questions that couldn’t get any answers. I just don’t think Momma had the answers so I was told, "not to question the Bible."

Many times I prayed and had many prayers answered especially for protection and for my family. But as a teenager wanting to fit in at a new school in a new state I did many things that I am ashamed of – all the time squashing that inner voice that was saying that what I was doing was wrong. It wasn’t until I had our son that it hit me of what God actually did sacrifice and I felt overwhelmed by it all. How could I be so thoughtless after all He has done for me? For a long time I struggled and told Pete (my husband) that we needed to get Jeremy to church. Every week this was repeated. (I believe that God sent our son to show us the road that we needed to get back on). In 2004 I was listening to a tape from down home and just fell apart. I fell on my knees praying to God that if He hadn’t saved me as a young girl that I needed his gift of salvation now and how sorry I felt for pushing Him away after all that He had blessed me with. I felt such relief and gratefulness that day, it was another beginning.

Pete and I kept discussing the fact that we needed to quit being lazy and get to church. We all needed it, but where should we go? I do not believe in chance. God delivered a church into our hands by an invitation from Steve and April Czarnecki to attend a Christmas play at their church. We both felt that God had given us a place to seek His Word. I’m still not perfect but when I stop wrestling with God and just let Him do His work on me it becomes a whole lot easier. Unfortunately, my flesh is weak and I continually ask God to help me be the best Christian that I can be for Him. Praise God that He is so patient and loving. I don’t want to even think about where our lives would be without Him!

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