Several months ago as I was dealing with all the emotions from leaving the house and starting a new chapter in my life I had someone approach me about sharing my testimony with a group of teenagers. These teenagers are home-schooled and for the most part come from very grounded families, so my first thought was what could they possibly learn from me. Then on the heels of that thought was could I even handle the emotions of giving my testimony in the midst of leaving the house. So I agreed to pray about it. And as God always does he opened up a day on His timing that I was off of work and could go and share, that was today.
Usually I dread giving my testimony because there is so much of it that I almost get bogged down in the details. So many God moments amidst the pain that I hate to leave anything out. Not to mention the pain and the agony is usually so fresh that i plummet into depression after reliving that part of my life. But this time was different, this time I was truly looking back. I was standing on the other side of the journey I have been through and able to say I AM A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST! What an amazing feeling!
Then to share my story and see the same feelings I was sharing reciprocated in someone’s eyes. To have a teenager break into tears because she has found someone who understands what she feels and then to be able to look her in the eyes and promise her with surety that Christ can and WILL carry her through this pain. There is nothing like it, after that how could God possibly bless me more! Well, He is God, so He did!!
We had our good Friday service at church tonight and it was more of a time of reflection. I one corner there was a video of pictures from the movie the Passion of Christ playing. As I approached this area so did a young girl who is very dear to me, who had never seen the passion. So I sat down with her and we held each other as we watched images of our beaten Lord flash on the screen before us. I could feel her shake as the images drove home for the first time the reality of what He truly suffered. My heart broke, I was so blessed to share this with her and all I wanted to do was cover her eyes. I wanted to protect her from the horrors of what we as humans can do to other humans. But I restrained and in doing so, I feel this young lady grew closer to Christ tonight and I was privileged to be present for that. What an awesome God that not only would He move in my life but He would use me to move in others. There is nothing like it.
Gives me goosebumps!
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