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November 9, 2004
Betty's testimony
My name is Betty. I grew up in an abusive, antagonistic home therefore I learned chaos, anger, frustration and to hate myself, believing I was despicable. I didn’t get much fatherly attention so I learned to use obnoxious and shocking behavior to get it, fearing nothing and no one. My mother was very loving and always sang to us while dad was away. We learned to despise our father’s presence. This made it more difficult to understand God. I knew authority to be abusive, violent and cruel.
I met a preacher by the name of Buddy Perish in ‘93 that taught me the love of Christ by example, never condemning my behavior or me. He set the stage so I could recognize what the love of Christ was. I met Jesus on 12/13/95 in a field. I decided at that moment that I never wanted to go back to the chaotic, selfish, angry world I had been taught. I would live for Him though I had a lot to learn.
My friend, Kati, bought me the Living Bible. I read it over and over until I began to understand that Jesus actually loved me even before I knew Him no matter what I’d done. He died to forgive me and cleanse me of my sins no matter how outrageous. He would never leave me or forsake me. He would enable me.
A couple of years later my husband Cliff and I were called to play music for the Lord. I started out playing the drums. Later I felt God wanted me to use the precise instrument I used to mock Him with, my mouth! He would have me minister in song to glorify Him. He even supplies us with the lyrics, that of which we had no prior experience. I learned more than anything else, “He doesn’t call the able, He enables the called”, if we sacrifice ourselves as His vessels in obedience.
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