Okay, so I could write a whole book telling you my testimony, but that might take a little longer, so here’s the short version.
I have always believed in God, but I never actually followed Him or had a relationship with Him. It wasn’t something that I was taught about and it wasn’t something that I ever wanted to “get” into. Being a Christian was just never something I'd ever thought I'd call myself.
That wasn't until about three and a half years ago, on April 11, 2016, when I became sick. It started with constant nerve pain in my jaw, but then more and more symptoms started to appear. Before I became sick, I definitely wasn’t the best version of myself. I wouldn't call my old self rude, but I wasn't nice either. It was through this sickness that I found Jesus. It was through this sickness that I discovered who I am in Christ. When I got sick, my life truly changed.
After six months of dealing with the worst pain I’ve ever felt, something even more terrible happened. The doctors told me I could have cancer. It was completely unrelated to the jaw pain I’d been feeling for so long before. This was an entirely new issue.
Following two seizures and an MRI, the doctors discovered a lesion in my brain, the culprit of the potential cancer. I sat in my hospital room without knowledge of what my future would look like. You'd think I'd think things like: Would I have to shave my head? Or get brain surgery? Or even worse, die from cancer? But these terrifying thoughts never went through my head, I was just completely peaceful.
Okay, so I sound crazy, don’t I? Well, just let me finish the story okay. As my parents stood outside my hospital room, scared of what would happen to their little girl, I sat in my bed with an overwhelming peace covering me. I had no fear at all. I wasn't even a Christian, yet His great love for me surrounded me.
I don’t know if you’ve ever been in a situation where God provided peace in a scary situation, but looking back, I realize how great His power is. How great His love is, and how great His grace is. He took a supposed-to-be terrifying situation and changed it to a hopeful situation. Wow, how amazing is He?
So, (news flash) I didn’t die from cancer, and the lesion in my brain ended up being nothing too serious. But seriously, I love that, although I didn't know Him yet, God changed my situation. After this scary season, my mom and I needed something else, something more to hope in. Setting our minds on me getting better wasn't enough. It was only two months later that we attended church for the first time in years. We loved this church and had never experienced something like this before.
March 25, 2018, my mom and I decided to make the public declaration, of baptism, together. Since April 11, 2016, my life has changed drastically. I'm not at all the same person I was before I got sick. I've been on a on-going journey with God, and He never fails to amaze me.
So, yes, this is just a short version of my testimony. The part that really grew me and changed me. The moment I discovered Jesus. This was the TEST that God put me though, so I now have a TESTIMONY to share.
Girl, God's got this!
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