Growing Up In The Message
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
To grow up in a Message believing family is a God-sent blessing that few in this world have been given. This doesn't mean you don't still face trials and temptations from Satan and his evil ways, but when they come, it takes you back to your roots. Though we were all born in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies; it's only by God's amazing grace that we each accept this Message and the saving power of Jesus Christ into our hearts. The story this young sister tells of being raised in the Message, is one that many of us can relate to.
May the Lord richly bless you!
I recently read the testimony you've put on the website, Is God Still With You?, and I felt on my heart just to express my thanks to God about all He's done in my life.
I was born in the world but my parents became Christians when I was only six months old, so I can say I grew up in the Message.
I've often said that it was more difficult for we people that grew up all our life in the Message to know when we really accepted God in our heart, and that the temptations of the world were harder. I thought that way because since we've never lived it, the devil always tempts us with these things and since we never experienced them, well we wonder what it is like. And that for those who came in the Message later in their life, well, they know they have rejected the world.
But it's been almost two years now that I really made the choice to serve the Lord with all my heart. I loved Him before and I served Him, but now I really know that He is the Truth, and I will never leave that Message for anything that the world offers.
Now, when I think back, I thank God for the opportunity that I had to grow up in the Message, to stay pure and clean before God. For sure the devil has tried to tempt me and I failed along the way, but I can say I never went in the world and I could never thank God enough for that. It's true, sometimes we seem to never really know when we really accepted Him, but I know I accepted Him, and I'm sure other people know what I'm talking about. It is a privilege to cherish, and I thank God for the parents God has given me that have helped me to grow and stay true and faithful to this Message. I have seen His Mighty Hand countless times, and I'm sure I didn't realize all the times He has touched my life, but I know He watches over me and protects me through this short journey below, and I know I will see His beautiful face one beautiful day.
God bless you,
A 17 year old sister from Montreal, Canada
