What's My Story
God is interested in my daily life
Cindi
My outlook has changed. I still have struggles and bad days. However, my relationship with God has changed my focus. I no longer measure my life by my bank account or wrinkles. I look at my life as a growth process and know that even though God allows me to experience adversity, He does so because He is shaping my character to be more like Him. In the midst of the adversity, I am never alone and that fact makes facing adversity easier.
I was young when I became a christian, only 9, when I realized I was a sinner that was not deserving of heaven. I remember hearing the about God's white throne of judgement and I realized that I was unprepared. So at that point I prayed the sinner's prayer and acknowledged that I couldn't get to heaven on my own and that Jesus was the only way. I asked him to be my savior too. After the prayer I just remember feeling really light like a burden had been lifted that I didn't know I was carrying. I immediately wanted all my friends to have this great feeling as well.
One positive impact God has made in my life has been peace. God has taught me that when I get down, I just need to look up and read His word. He will give me words of comfort and help me know how to handle difficult situations. He takes my worries away by reminding me that He is control of everything. He gives me peace and calmness when if I was on my own I would feel only anxiety and worry.
I have experienced God's comfort and peace so many times. He has helped me in literally dangerous situations, he has met financial needs, rewarded my trust and helped me through daily struggles.
Just one example of God providing peace and comfort while also meeting a real need was when our heat pump died and we needed about $2,200 and had about $100.00. I prayed "God I can't fix this. I am giving it totally over to you and have no idea how you are going to meet this need or in what time you will do it. But I ask that you meet it before it gets too hot or cold". A week later, there was a hail storm that seemed to be directly over my husband place of work. The insurance company said that of all the claims they did, only his car had hail damage on every side of his car...leading to it being "totalled" even though it was drivable. We had money for the heat pump and could still drive the car (and later sold it for more funds). It just showed me that God is real. He cares about my needs. He is not some distant scary thing far away. He is as close as I will allow Him to be.