My Testimony
I was going through a really difficult time in my childhood.
I was about 12 years old.Part of it was growing pains and
part of it was preteen angst. I was giving my parents a really
hard time. All of the family really felt sorry for my Mom.
"She had me." I was a really high tempered child, constantly
having temper tantrums. Fortunately for me I had my Aunt
Helen in my corner and she knew exactly what to do. She had
the one thing in the whole world that my young heart desired.
"A Horse!!!" So she invited me to come for a visit to her
farm in Indiana. I begged my parents to go and they gave me
permission to go. So off I went to Indiana with visions of
horses dancing in my head. Little did I imagine that what lay
ahead of me would be a life changing experience. For every
evening she would sit in her parlour with her children and have
a Bible Study. It was at one of these Biblestudies that I
gave my life to the Lord Jesus Christ. She was reading from
the book of Revelations. Forever lit in my memory is that
moment in time where beyond a shadow of a doubt , I came to
the realization that I would be hopelessly lost without Him.
That evening kneeling down by her couch in that tiny parlour
I became irrevocably His and He became mine. Ever since then
He has been my Dearest Friend and closest Companion. I had
always been a very lonely child, living in my head in dreams.
After that one glorious moment in time I was never alone again.
When I returned home people remarked on the change in me.The
next Sunday I answered the alter call in our little Baptist Church.
I can never repay the debt I owe my dear Aunt Helen. You
never know the effect you can have on the life of a child just
by reaching out and giving of yourself. She has since passed on.
She is greatly missed by all who knew her. I know in my heart
as she passed through that Heavenly Portal she heard these
words," Well done my Good and Faithful Servant, Enter into your
Reward."
Kateira ©1999
