I want to share with you a small tidbit about how I became a Christian and also how I met my wonderful husband Mike.and how I handle lifes roller coaster ride of life. We don't always take the time to reflect on the good things around us. and we tend to forget that God never promised us that our lives would be easy or just the way we would like them to be.Each of us tend to take for granted what God does for us each new day..So I made this page so others can see what God has done in my life.
Sometimes I will sit and wonder about how my life became so fulfilling and I thank God for each new day all he's done for me. having God in my life is what keeps me going when times get rough and the roller coaster of life gets to fast....so here is my story.
I grew up in a loving home (even though I didn't always know this or want to know it) My parents home had good morals and values, and My mother made sure us kids went to chruch, I grew up going to the Lutheran chruch and during that time I was taught much about God and the general doctrinal beliefs of the Lutheran Chruch. I grew up being a "good" kid, by this I mean I didn't smoke or drink or do drugs.Oh I was far from perfect, and Oh did I have my areas of rebellion..
By the time I was a senior at high school I began to be very rebellious..I'd do anything I could to stay away from home,Where I started feeling like no one would care weather I was there or not. I was depressed and feeling very unloved. I also wasn't getting along well with my mother,and having a very hard time expressing how I felt to her,so I felt why go home? I still thought about God and wanted to know more about him but I just didn't know how to get a personal relationship with God.
I met Mike(now my Husband) on September 8th 1979 while visiting with a friend name Roz and her boy friend Dan,I told Mike about my unhappiness at home and he'd keep me out all night or we'd go to motel rooms so I didn't have to go home. Five and a half months after Mike and I met we moved in together with Roz and Dan in a small apartment in Toledo Ohio,Nothing mattered but being with Mike, I quit my babysitting job and just walked away from my family and friends.I began working at a small store and deli where I just loved the freedom and time away just being me.
August 22nd 1982 Mike and I decided to get married but we knew I couldn't ask my parents to help us out with a wedding because they were having bad money problems,so we went to the Toledo court house and got married with my sister Connie and her infant son there with us to witness our marriage.
A Year and a half later Our daughter Heather Marie was Born after a 39 hour labor and a c-section on June 9th 1982.Oh what a joy it is to have this Angel in our lives.
When Heather was 18 months old we moved to a much nicer apartment in Michigan and there we met two very nice people that we became fast friends with, they talked to us about Christ and prayed for us when as a newly married couple we had hard times making ends meet,These wonderful neighbors (Bob & Jan) really sparked my interest in God. They seemed to have such a Joy about them and seemed so content, that made me curious..But still I didn't seek to know more about Christ..
It was when I had a miscarriage on Easter day That I felt a strong pull to go to chruch.Our neighbors invited us to come to their chruch,since I grew up going to the Lutheran Chruch I had always felt I was a christian.But how wrong I was.. Going to Boulevard Chruch of Christ changed my way of thinking I wanted to learn all I could about Christ and The Bible.I found this little chruch to be so welcoming and so friendly as they embraced My husband and I with open arms, I had such an indescribable Joy and such a happiness and peace That I couldn't understand it's something that can only come from God.I found this Chruch and the congregation to be something that we needed to make our family whole.
Mike and I were baptized October 23rd 1983 at Boulevard Chruch of Christ, and to my great joy
My sister Connie and her husband Norman were also baptized that day.I knew God had touched my Life and changed my way I thought about my parents and everything around me. Since that day my life has changed so much, I know I am not perfect but I try to live my life the way God would want me to and be a good Wife, Mother, and Friend.I have had some illness's and four other miscarriages and I know I couldn't have gone through any of it if it weren't for my faith in God. Shortly after I was baptized I started loving everything to do with the Bible, I have a insatiable appetite for the word of God. I began reading the Bible everyday and having Bible studies.My favorite place to visit in the mornings is the chapel here on-line where I go to have bible study with my new found friends.
I am far from perfect and I know I am not deserving of God's love and all he did for me. But I know God is there to help pick me up when life gets to the point where I feel I can't go on any more. I try my best to think of how others feel and act lovinly towards family and friends, and any one I meet.
I will do anything to help any one in need. and I LOVE shareing God's word when ever I can.
If you haven't found Jesus yet.. I urge you to take the time to learn about him and what he can do in your life. I urge you to find a chruch and learn all you can about God's love and what he can do in your life. before it's to late.
My favorite bible verses are John 3:16 and Romans 13:1 which are written on this page.
God's many blessings to you all!
My Above Testimony was The Insipration That Started All of These Pages within Angel Heaven
Written By- Deborah Hoy