My Testimony...

Romans 10: 13

"...For whoever will call on the name of the LORD will be saved..."

When I was little, I really did not enjoy going to church. I would protest as a young child. So you probably wouldn't have believed I would come to love God as I do now. Here is me testimony for all those that would love to know. I did NOT believe in Jesus Christ or God.

When I was 12 years old, one morning while we were driving to the school to pick up the bus my mom drive for the christian school I was going to at the time, we were in a horrific car accident. My mom was forced off the road but a plow truck and hit black ice, causing us to flip in the air 3 times and 3 times on the ground. The only thing I really remember about the whole thing is right before it happened I was playing with a yellow bouncy ball. While I was out, I was in the blinding white room. It was so bright there and then I heard the most beautiful voice I'd ever heard in my life. I couldn't tell you if it was male or female, but it was oh so beautiful. Then a figure showed up in front of me. I could not see the face but it spoke to me saying "It's not your time, you need to wake up and get everyone out of the van" and all of a sudden I woke up. I was in the far back seat on my little sister and my mom on top of me. My cousin Crystal was still in the front passenger seat. I was able to wake everyone up. I had to kick open the front drivers door, as the rest were crushed so bad there was no getting out. At the hospital, we learned that the plow was NOT supposed to be on that road at that time and the driver would not be there for much longer. 

The damage was: My mom had a horribly bruised ankle, from breaking the gear shifter with her ankle and a slight concussion. My little sister had tons of scrapes and bruises, as she somehow wrapped her legs around the seat legs at the last second. My cousin had super bad whiplash. I had a giant hole in my head full of glass. I was running on adrenaline that I didn't know I was hurt or bleeding.

My uncle came and assessed the situation. He determined that I didn't have my seat belt on (the only time in my entire life) and if I had my mom would have broken my neck when she was thrown into the back. 

After that day, I started to go to church and started to learn more about God. I then realized it was God that kept me from wearing my seat belt as before and after that, there has never been a time I was not wearing one. 

However I was never told you had to ask Jesus into my heart to ensure my eternal life. I thought it was a thing that as long as you are good you are safe from Heaven. Then I met my wonderful husband and his family. They were a family of born again Christians and I wanted to have that in my life. So on August 22nd 2006, with Kris right beside me, I prayed for forgiveness and asked Jesus into my heart. The following weekend I was baptized.

The thing was, I didn't change much after that. I was still rather rebellious. I ran away from my problems and it just got worse for us. Then when we finally hit rock bottom, we moved in with Kris' parents, November 2008. We were still rebelling really bad. One fateful day when we were gonna move out and go back to our ways, I had a different feeling and took a pregnancy test and when I got a positive (had tried for over 5 years) my heart, mind and soul all changed at once and I knew what God wanted me to stop doing. 

I know I'm not perfect and mess up quite a bit and rather often, but I know by the grace of God, I am saved and I will have eternal life in Heaven with my loving Savior.