Faith

This is going to be my attempt at giving my testimony & giving a little info about my faith & beliefs.

It all started when I was a freshman in high school. I started dating this boy (not my current boy, mind you). After a few months he invited me to go to youth group with him at his family's church. He had been going to this church his whole life, as a matter of fact, his dad had been going to this church for (I think) most of his life, his dad was (& still is) an elder, & his mom was (& still is) one of the worship leaders - so needless to say I was a little it intimidated.

What if I didn't measure up?
What if his friends didn't like me?
What if I don't act the right way?

Now I guess I should backtrack a little bit by saying that I sort of grew up Catholic. By that I mean that my mom was raised Catholic, went to an all girls Catholic school, went to Catholic mass every week, etc. (My dad wasn't really raised with a particular religion, I'm not even sure he went to church.) So when my sisters & I were little my mom's mom made us all go to Catholic Sunday school every week & mass on the major holidays...but I was never into it. Nothing against Catholics but it was always just so stiff & predictable; plus I was young so, yeah, you get the point. It wasn't my thing.

Back to my freshman year. I said yes to his invite & went to youth group. It was fun, so I kept going back periodically with him. Then he invited me to go to Sunday service with him; which kinda freaked me out, but I went. I actually sat behind the stage while he played drums during worship because I didn't want to sit out in the pews by myself. So lame, I know. Seems so silly now after the fact, but hey, what are you gonna do?

Fast-forward 2 years, & that boy & I are no longer an item. It was the middle of my junior year. Over these two years I continued to go to church with them more & more, becoming more involved & attached to the community & the faith.

Don't quote me on this, but I think I accepted Christ as my Lord & Savior when I was a sophomore?..but I could be wrong. I wish that I could remember the date more specifically but I just can't. I do know where I was (the ex's house) & what we were doing (having youth group on a Sunday night). It was so incredible.

So we break up, but I refused to quit going to church. I was not about to give up on how drastically my life had changed the past two years just because of some boy. I had completely fallen in love with the people, the church, & most importantly Jesus Christ. So I stood my ground & kept going.

And now, some 5 years later, here I am, still going to the same, wonderful, great, Assemblies of God church.

It has been quite the long, hard, rocky road, but I know that God was there through every bump & turn, molding, shaping, & changing me. I know it's cliche, but I don't know where I would be had my Savior not brought me to where I am today. My job, my boyfriend, my friends, my mentors, my King, my everything is all because of Him & His amazing gracious Gift.

So there it is; my sad little attempt to put into words how my Savior has completely flipped my life upside down over the past five years. It doesn't do it justice, but it's definately a start.

Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, I'd be happy to answer them & maybe give some pearls of wisdom (: