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God's Warrior
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From My Heart
Snookie (Danny)
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Snookie
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MY TESTIMONY & CONFESSIONS
My salvation began when I was only eight years old. I grew up in the church - literally from being in a crib in the nursery department until now working in the nursery. My salvation experience was real, and I know that I understood what I was doing, because I can still remember where I was standing and what I was doing in my house when I knew something was wrong with my heart and that I needed Jesus. And I remember calling my mother into the room and telling her about this need.
Even before the age of eight, I wasn’t a bad child. I didn’t ask Jesus to come into my heart because I was living a wicked life. Sure, there was sin and plenty of it, but I wasn’t actively lying, stealing, or hurting other people. Know what I mean? It’s just that I knew that my heart needed Jesus and that I was scared to go through the rest of this life, or enter the one to come, without Him.
In the years to follow, I stayed in church and even attended a Christian school. I continued to live a normal life - living, learning, and making mistakes along the way. There’s probably not a period of massive backsliding, as Baptists like to call it, but there were periods of apathy and laziness. Periods where I wasn’t growing, praying, and reading my Bible in a committed way were common. I didn’t deliberately turn my back on God, but I did get lazy, distracted, and turn nevertheless.
I’m thirty-seven years old now, and I’m still struggling with laziness and distractions. I’m better at reading my Bible daily, and my family and I attend church regularly, but I’m only now beginning to get involved in my church like I should have much sooner -- in a service-oriented way. I know the reason for my lack of service and why it’s been easy to be lazy. And it is people.
Those that know me well know that I’m an introverted person. I avoid people and tend to keep to myself, at least when it comes to those that don’t live with me under the same roof. My sin in this is that I thought it gave me an excuse (God made me this way), and thus, I could avoid people. Unfortunately for my introverted point-of-view, this is not the way Jesus lived, nor is it what God intends for me.
I started this testimony saying my salvation began. I did this on purpose because God is still working it out today. It’s a journey, and by God’s grace, every day I hope to get better and be more like Jesus.
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smokey the dog
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Thanks for sharing with us! And Welcome!
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Snookie
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Re: From My HeartUg! Looks like I'm getting ready to eat the camera.
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smokey the dog
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What kind of camera is it? and will you be sharing photos with us?
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Snookie
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It's a Digital Rebel -- much too big to eat.
I've been experimenting with adding photos to my gmail page so that family can view them. But that's a good idea. I can post some here too.
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Mary
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It's nice to meet you. I'm looking forward to reading your posts and seeing your pictures.
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Snookie
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 Thanks.
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CajuninKy
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So nice to meet a fellow "traveler" on God's road. I look forward to your writings.
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Snookie
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