Karen's Personal Testimony,
I grew up with out church or knowing about the Bible, I was very much a wild teenager always running away from home. I was looking for something, just did not know what I wanted..
As the years went by I ran around with a very rough crowd and got in to drugs and so forth I spent most of my life working in bars enjoying the good life so I thought , I had abortions and many worn out relationships that never amounted to any thing. In 1992 I had a daughter, I lived with her father and of course my love for him died too . When my daughter was 5 years old I kicked him out.
Right after that I had found out I had colon cancer, it was severe. I had a 50/50 chance to live, one night before my surgery, I had a woman who came into my room and ask me if she could pray for me. I said sure, what else do I have to lose. There was something different about this woman she had a light around her, I believe this is when the Lord really started working in my life.
I made it threw the surgery wonderfully with no problems. Well when I had come home I really wanted to die but I gotten more into drugs and was even more desperate to find what was missing in my life, I started seeing how I was missing out with my daughter by not being the mother I needed to be.
So I moved upstate S.C. from Myrtle Beach to Seneca S.C. to be with my folks and just get away from all that was keeping me from being the person I needed to be for her, and also to find what was missing in my life.
When I had moved here I did pretty good, trying to work hard and help more with my daughter by spending more time with her, helping her with her homework and so forth. Then came some really bad news I had found out that my daughter father was not her real father, I was so grieved about this, I could not beleive that I did this to her and her suppossed father. I wanted to die, so then again the wrong crowd came around again and I had gotten back on to drugs once trying to drown out what I had done.
Then three months later Dec. 20th, 2001, I was in my room reading an article by Billy Graham and let me remind you at this time in my life for me to be reading a paper was to much reality for me but any way , as I was reading it someone had ask Mr. Billy Graham is there one sin that God will not forgive you for? and he said yes and that is not to beleive in him. Well that response blew my mind because I got to a point in my life I did not think God was real and if he did existed how could he love me?
At that moment I had whisper the words forgive me Lord and my whole room filled with a cloud and his presence was so holy and peaceful and I saw my body raised up from the bed I was on, I was in mid air being held like a baby and cradled and he said I love you and I want you to get to know me and I want you to help others, then I was let down and all my shame and guilt was gone, I cried for three days, tears of joy, with out sleep I wanted to know what happen to me right away and I was going to find out in a dictionary lol; because I had no bible at the time.
So it was Christmas time I called my family to tell them that Jesus lives!!! and he is real and i told many others some believe with tears of joy and some did not, I had one thing on my mind to let many know that he existed I was on a mission.
Well for the next year I learn more and more about this living God called Jesus during this time I was with a man who I loved. He did not like that change in me, he was on drugs and I on fire for the Lord he also was cheating on me with a girl who was in satanic worship. I was really starting to battle my demons and learning more and more about Satan this drew me closer to the Lord. I tried to lead the man I love to the Lord but i was doing it my way and not Gods way , The longer I stayed with him the more I grieved the Holy Spirit. So I got on my hands and knees and said Lord I am not strong enough to make him leave please remove him and bring GOOD out of it.
I then became pregnant at the age of 39 and I was already a single mother, I wanted this baby. I was not the same person who I used to be I wanted to love this child, to feel the gift that God has given to me again, but God had a different plan (adoption) my heart sank as he had reveal to me, but I listened to him and prayed and prayed for direction for this child and he lead me to a couple who had been praying for a child for 10 years. I gave them this child, and today they are bless and I as well. The Lord has given me great peace and to give the gift of love is priceless ,and I was so blessed that the Lord had brought GOOD out of it.
Today after the birth of the child which was Sept 18 2002 the day after the adopted mothers birthday, what a present for her!
I am doing fine, I teach the youth in my church to warn teenagers the dangers of drugs and pregnancy and the love of the Lord. and i am trying to into school to help others with drugs and alcohol addictions and by the way it been over 4 years as of 8-11-06 of being clean, Thank you Jesus and I have not dated since and very much loving my relationship with the Lord . I have wrote this a head of time and pray for the person who reads it and to tell you that JESUS LOVES YOU
GOD BLESS YOU , KAREN
YOU SEE IT STARTED WITH SOMEONE PRAYING FOR ME AND THEN I REPENTED AND ASK GOD TO FORGIVE ME , IF YOU ARE SAVE THEN PRAISE THE LORD THAT HE BROUGHT YOU OUR OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT
GOD Bless
Lourie and Sonya
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