When I became a Christian my whole life changed. My attitude to life changed, my dealings with other people changed, my outlook changed and I looked at life in a totally new and different way. I was eager to learn more and continued to develop as a Christian but like everything else the enthusiasm tapered off and I settled down to a normal, although changed, lifestyle. I guess I became satisfied and left it there. Over the years that followed I became disillusioned with the Church and finally left in 1998. Since then I have lived more in a secular way, that is until recently when I came back to my roots in Christ. Since becoming a Christian I have never denied my faith or belief in Jesus as my saviour and I never will. How could I deny the one who has paid for all my sins and given me eternal life? We are all spirit beings and we will all die in the flesh. Our spirit lives on forever. I know mine will be with my Saviour. So I have begun to take my faith more seriously and am finding so many new things about God, life and Jesus Christ that I thought I knew before but did not. Some things I knew have become clearer and other things I did not know are now revealed to me. My God is faithful to His word and I know His love will never leave me. I want His love more than anything for nothing else is worthy. This life is but a passing phase but eternity lasts forever. I appreciate my faith and what God has done for me more and more each day. I feel so sorry for those who question God’s existence or lack proper understanding of who He is. I will bear witness to anyone who asks. My faith and my belief is stronger now than it has ever been and many questions I had are now answered. There will be more. I ask for wisdom and get it. I ask for other things and I await His decision on those. Things happen in my life that can only be attributed to my Father and He has blessed me with His love. Hallelujah! That word means roughly translated, All hail Yahweh. Yahweh is the adopted spelling for the original Hebrew word for God YHWH. This word is in fact a mis-translation. God declared to the Hebrews when asked by Moses ‘who shall I call thee in their presence’? Let them call me the ‘I am’. There is no name that is good enough for God. He is simply the ‘I AM’, He is who He is and that is good enough for me but I praise Him. There are many things in this life, in this world that are pleasing but none come even close to the love and sacrifice of my saviour, my God, my Jesus. Everything else is nothing. Material things are nothing, lifestyles are nothing, ideas and beliefs are nothing and will come to nothing on the day of judgement. I have renewed my connection with Jesus. Not that the cord was ever broken but in this mortal life I need to stay connected.
Shirley Anne
