New Girl, New School, New Town Monday, November 03, 2008

I was 15, the new girl, in a new school, in a new town, and without friends for the first time in my life. Then one day, a girl I barely knew shared the Message with me. I've been going to church all my life, but never had I heard what she told me. At first I couldn't believe it. It sounded so different from what I was told, and I asked my Dad about it. He told me a bit more and explained it, but I still asked her about it. The more I heard from her, the more I wanted to hear. And I got thirsty for God in my life.

So I went with her to church after a few weeks. No service I ever went to can come close to that one! Church always felt so empty, like I was singing to the ceiling; nothing changed, no one changed. But after this service, I went home praying and fell asleep crying, because I had missed SO MUCH and needed Him in my life!

Soon after my 16th birthday, I was baptized! I can't tell when I believed everything, but one day I knew that it was true. I can't explain how I knew, I just did.

It's a year later now, and I'm still making mistakes along the way, but I'm also learning and growing more in my faith every day. I've been to church a few times now, and I can't get enough! Every time I open my Bible to read, I find a special verse that fits perfectly with what I'm going through at that moment.

It's still hard for me sometimes; I wasn't raised in the Message, and I'm the only one in my family who believes. I just pray that my life will be a testimony to them and make them thirst for God as much as I did.

I can't thank God enough for every single day that He has been with me and helped me to be strong. He has shown me that nothing is impossible, even if I can't see the solution. He knows! Only believe!

I love Him with all my heart, and I'll be forever thankful to all the people who prayed for me and who still are.

A sister in Christ