RUN2GOD
Mar 11th 2009, 08:45 PM
This is my testimony on how prayer and faith in Jesus Christ, my friend, changed my life from rags to riches. It has been on my heart to share this part of my life for whoever it may give hope to especially ones dealing with addiction in their life. Never give up on prayer and faith, cause I KNOW it worked for me.
My mom started drinking when i was in the 9th grade after a bitter divorce from my dad .After 19 years of marriage, it broke her heart, and that is how she coped. My older brother(jamie) and me lived with her and since i was the only girl, me and my mom grew close. Even though we hated it when she drank, she was really a good mom "when she wasn't drinking". Through our high school years it really got bad, wrecks, dui's, you name it. We never stopped praying for her to stop, though. Maybe because i was a child i just knew Jesus was there listening. I remember we would say if we had a choice between all the money in the world or for our mom to stop drinking, we would choose for her to stop drinking. Well, Praise His Name, our prayers were answered April 28, 1998. You want to talk about rags to riches. Not only did she quit drinking, she quit everything, and turned her life over to God(priceless). She started counsiling other young women going through what she went through. she met a wonderful man, they got married, he calls me daughter.Sounds like a fairy tale, but it's true.
Now it breaks my heart to say that my dear mother passed away suddenly last june at only 58 years old. Even though i miss my mama like crazy, I am so grateful for the past 11 years. He not only answered my prayers then, but because of my faith, i know i will have eternity with her in heaven one day. For that i wouldn't take all the money in the world for.
My mom started drinking when i was in the 9th grade after a bitter divorce from my dad .After 19 years of marriage, it broke her heart, and that is how she coped. My older brother(jamie) and me lived with her and since i was the only girl, me and my mom grew close. Even though we hated it when she drank, she was really a good mom "when she wasn't drinking". Through our high school years it really got bad, wrecks, dui's, you name it. We never stopped praying for her to stop, though. Maybe because i was a child i just knew Jesus was there listening. I remember we would say if we had a choice between all the money in the world or for our mom to stop drinking, we would choose for her to stop drinking. Well, Praise His Name, our prayers were answered April 28, 1998. You want to talk about rags to riches. Not only did she quit drinking, she quit everything, and turned her life over to God(priceless). She started counsiling other young women going through what she went through. she met a wonderful man, they got married, he calls me daughter.Sounds like a fairy tale, but it's true.
Now it breaks my heart to say that my dear mother passed away suddenly last june at only 58 years old. Even though i miss my mama like crazy, I am so grateful for the past 11 years. He not only answered my prayers then, but because of my faith, i know i will have eternity with her in heaven one day. For that i wouldn't take all the money in the world for.