This is My Story

"This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Saviour all the day long!" Blessed Assurance Hymn,

by Fanny J. Crosby, 1873

"But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you." Romans 6:17

I was 8 years old when I made my first profession of faith.  I remember my Pastor coming over to our house one evening and asking me a bunch of questions; the following Sunday I was baptized.

Then my family moved to a different State.  My parent's marriage soon began to fall apart and five years later we moved back to our home State.  My parent's divorced, and I my teenage years turned rebellious.

At 16 I became pregnant.

Married at 17, and my husband soon joined the Air Force.

Our Great Adventure Began.

At our first Military Base, a friend of mine invited me to her church, and because it was similar to my childhood church I decided to attend.  One day, my friend came over to my house with a Salvation Tract to read that had The Sinner's Prayer on the back cover.

Fear of hell had me pray that prayer, but my life never changed.

Fast forward five years later, and we were in England at my husband's next Military Assignment.  A friend that he worked with invited us to church, so we decided to go there as well.  Same faith and same practice and yet so very different.  I was introduced to women who only wore dresses and there were high standards and strict rules.  Seeing the vast difference in their lifestyle and mine, I made another profession of faith.

Changed on the outside.

Same as always on the inside.

Such a battle in my heart and mind!  Doubts, fears, confusion!  I wanted so badly to be saved but I was missing something!

Or was it Someone?

Fast forward 7 years.  Another move, another assignment, another church.

Three years of attending this church, and the battle continued to rage in my heart and mind.  Then Family Camp came around.  During an evening service the Pastor opened his message with these words that I will never forget: "If you continue to doubt your salvation it's because you are probably not saved."  There was my realization that I needed to do something concerning Jesus Christ, and I wasn't going to leave before I took care of this battle.  In the back corner of the Pavillion I prayed.  I did not pray the sinner's prayer.  I did not pray out loud.  I gave up myself and all my 'good works' and placed my trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross!

Like the verse in Romans says-I believed from my heart.

This is my story...

    Do you have one...?

        If not, you can...

            But that's just me!

Testimony

Terrian, 2025

1st Verse:

This is the moment where everything turns,

Didn't think I would see it, was hard to believe,

Heaven crashes to earth,

I've read the stories of all that You've done,

Parted the sea and set captives free,

Never thought I'd be one.

Chorus:

 "I am a living, breathing, walking testimony,

I am the living proof of what the Lord has done!

May call it crazy, but they can't take away my story,

'Cause I am a living breathing, walking testimony."

2nd Verse:

They said I wouldn't make it, that I should give up,

But they didn't know that the God that I serve is more than enough,

He can move mountains, He can make broken beautiful,

I never run out of hope when I run to the God of Miracles!

Bridge:

Look what the Lord has done!

Look what the Lord has done!

Oh, the enemy did all he could,

But the Lord, He has used it for good!

Look what the Lord hs done!

Look what the Lord has done!

When the thief tried to steal and destroy,

The Lord game me an anthem of joy!

Chorus!