My Testimony

So one of the Youth Outreach things I just got involved in gave me this form about my testimony to fill out. I thought it might be a good idea to share the questions and answers with whoever still bothers to read my blog. So here yah go, enjoy, and please, just take my life as an example, not an excuse to send me an e-mail saying "You poor thing, I'm so sorry for you."

Thanx, here yah go.




1. WHEN DID YOU ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART? Age and date?
I first did it when I was like 4, I don’t remember the exact date. The second time I was about 14. That was more of a gradual process, so there isn’t an exact date there either.

2. WHERE DID YOU ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART? Location and setting?
First time was on the floor in my bedroom of our old apartment in Portland. The second, as I said, was kind of gradual and there was no real defining line.

3. DID SOMEONE ASSIST YOU IN YOUR CONVERSION? Who…name, title and relationship to you-history.
The first time it was my mom and dad.
The second time around I had no one but God and the angels as witnesses and guides.

4. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENNED? Tell the story of the actual experience.
The first time I simply walked up to my mom and dad and said something like “I want Jesus in my heart”. So we prayed, and everything was fine until I turned about 10 and started asking questions about “Who is God” and “How did He do that?” and “That isn’t possible, is it?”. I spent the next 2 years (2001-02) as an atheist, and the year after that looking for a faith. I had discovered that you really can’t live without anything to believe in (at least, not if you are completely honest with yourself), so I spent 2003 studying everything from Islam to Hinduism to Zen looking for something to believe in. Finally in ‘o4 I took another look at the Bible. Deciding I couldn’t make an informed decision based on the spiritual side, I turned to the historical aspects. I spent 2004-05 studying the history in the Bible and proved the historical data ~75% proven, ~25% unproven, and 0% Proven false. Since then God has been revealing the spiritual truths to me as I go along.

5. WHAT WAS YOUR LIFE LIKE BEFORE YOU ASKED JESUS INTO YOUR HEART? Morally, spiritually, socially, mentally, physically, emotionally, relationally and circumstantially/situationally are a few areas to address.
I don’t remember much before my first conversion. During my “Atheist Years” though I was cold, detached, I swore, I was suicidal, and I basically had no reason to live and no desire to either.

6. HOW HAS YOUR LIFE CHANGED SINCE YOU ASKED JESUS INTO YOUR HEART?
Well, because of the way I came to Christ the 2nd time, my views on what is right/wrong are different than some people. Especially when it comes to things like alcohol, music and movies. Because I toughed those years out alone (I was on bad terms with the ‘rents, didn’t go to church, had no friends, so no backup or support) I am a bit of a loner. You can ask me how I’m feeling and I’ll tell you with a smiling face that I am great and I might be going through my own personal Hell inside. I also have an insider’s view on a lot of the pain people go through, so it is easy for me to relate and counsel people who are struggling. I believe God put me here to help and comfort others, but to get my comfort from Him.

7. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LIFE VERSE AND WHY?
Luke 12:23 (New International Version)
23- Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (New International Version)
3- Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, (4) who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

8. DID SOMEONE SHARE THE PLAN OF SALVATION WITH YOU? DID THEY USE BIBLE VERSES? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SHARE THE PLAN OF SALVATION? BY MEMORY? WITH BIBLE VERSES?
Nope. God was my witness.