I was recently divorced and the guy I was dating at the time had mentioned how the girl he liked the most in his past was one who went to church on Sundays. He would spend the night with her on Saturday night but she faithfully went to church every Sunday. Now I liked this guy, and that got me thinking, hmmm maybe if I went to church, he would like me even more. God will use anything He can to draw us to Him, lol.

 

My friend at the time had three daughters and I asked her if she and her daughters wanted to go to church. The five of us went, and one of her daughters and I raised our hands that we wanted to know Jesus that day. We said the little prayer they told us to say and gave us some information afterward, which I don’t think I ever even looked at, and that was that. We went back to that church on and off and while the sermons were great nothing really changed in my life. I continued to live just as I had and do everything, I had been doing… but God had an open door now, because I invited him in to be Lord of my life, and He began to start working on my heart and my life.

 

A little back story, while I was married to my now ex-husband, we had gone to a church near our home where his friend's Dad was a pastor. As we sat there it took everything within me to not cry but as hard as I tried a few tears leaked out. It was just a regular service with worship that happened while people stayed seated, but I just couldn’t help myself I had an overwhelming feeling to cry, it was so beautiful in there, people of one heart worshiping this God that I did not know. It caused my heart to feel stirred inside. I didn’t know at the time but now know, I was encountering the presence of God in that little church.

 

We left and never went back. My ex-husband reminded me when we had a conversation after we were divorced that I had wanted to go back, but he discouraged me from it as he said he knew that I would have been all in and he didn’t want that as he had come from a “religious” home. He said he wished he would have encouraged me to go back instead as that is what we needed to save our marriage.

 

There are little things throughout our lives that happen that are like little seeds that get planted in us that God then waters to draw us back to Him, our loving Father. During my time in that little church, some seeds were planted that He then watered.

 

It was the best decision I have ever made, giving my heart to Jesus. If you would like to do the same, say the Prayer of Salvation and know that you are making the most powerful beautiful decision we can make in the earth.

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Some other helpful pages are our Baptisms page and Journey page. My next phase with Jesus can be found here Holy Spirit Baptism Testimony.