I have known the Lord for almost two years now.  It's been a wonderful journey.

  I didn't grow up knowing him, my family didn't go to church.
  I was a very insecure child always trying to getting approval from everyone, but never feeling like I was good enough.

  When I was 20 years old I fell in love, but things happened and my heart was broken, so much so that I promised myself I would never let that happen again.

  I married a man that I that I loved, but I was not in love with.
  We had some good years and then it changed.

  He became a very controlling and verbally abusive man.
  We had two boys together.

  We actually separated for a couple of years because he had hit me, but his control over me was strong and we reunited.

  That was both the worst and the best mistake of my life.

   Even through I knew in my heart that it should end I felt the boys needed their father.

  We brought a house together and thats when the really bad things started.
  It was like he knew he had total control over me.
  He didn't like me to go out after dark.
  He put me down a daily basis, calling me every name in the book.
  He would throw things at me, he cracked my head open once.
  He picked me up and threw me against a counter.

  I just couldn't handle it and I became an alcoholic.
  I could drink from the time I got up and would drink until I passed out.

  My kids were on their own.
  I tried to protect them, but how could I when I couldn't protect myself?

  I remember thinking one time that I couldn't remember who "I" was and wondering how I could find "me" again.

  My oldest son Wes had also gotten into the wrong crowd, he did drugs and was into paganism.

  But our "angel" appeared, his name is Jon Fox and he was and is my son's Lacrosse coach.

  He is the Younglife leader for our area and got my son involved with Younglife.

  Wes started going to church and youth group.
  He asked me if I wanted to go to church with him.

  I started going with him, sometimes drunk, sometimes sober.
  Then one day after church I brought a worship CD.

  I would listen and sing to that CD all the time.
  One morning while on my way to work, I was singing and the Lord "touched", his presence seems to fill every part of me.

  I have never been the same since.
  That was in August of 2001.

  On November 18, 2001, the day I was baptized the Lord delivered me from the addiction of alcohol.

  I have gone through many trails since I became a believer, some that I didn't think I would be able to overcome, but I did by the grace and power of the holy spirit.

  In May of 2002, the Lord wanted me to quit smoking, a habit I've had for twenty years.

  I prayed to the Lord and told him I can't do it on my own, and if you want me to quit I need your help, once again he delivered me from an addict in a single moment.

  You see my spirit had been crushed and it took me a long time to realize that I could be loved by anyone, but especially by God,  I always thought I wasn't good enough for the Lord to love me.

  I know the difference now,  the Lord loves me for me.
  He has healed me and continues to change me into a new person.

  He has taken away all the bad, all the brokeness and replaced it with something that will last.

  He has given me a peace that is beyond understanding.

God Bless each of You....Jami



P.S.  I'm 43 years old and I am ready to begin a new life in Christ.....


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