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Page 5 of 8 At first I was kind of thinking "awesome, I have Jesus in my life now", not really thinking much more than that at the time, but deep inside I felt something had changed. David and I would talk every now and then as I was developing as a Christian; he would give me help and advice about God all the time. He said I should get a bible, but I did not have one, nor did I have the money to buy one. A woman called Audrey from Godhelpmeplease.com sent me one all the way from Ireland to here in Australia; it was a New Testament, The Message translation. At first, I had trouble reading it and understanding it. David told me to pray for the Holy Spirit to help me read and understand it, and so I did, and it God really answered my prayer on that one, because I began to read the bible a lot, almost every night, and I could understand it so much better. Through the Word of God I was gaining so much knowledge, I was enjoying reading it too, I got into praying as well, and one particular prayer I made was "Lord, please take my depression away", and by the end of that very year, by depression was gone, completely. My psychiatrist was amazed, she claimed I was resilient and asked what had led to my recovery, I told her ever since I became a Christian my life had changed so much. I was not resilient, it is Jesus who has raised me from the ashes and made me the person I am today, Gods hand was upon me indeed, and the more I reached out for God, the more He changed my life.
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