Have you ever witnessed a cardboard testimony? I have seen one in person at a church we used to attend. It was an experience I will never ever forget. I was touched to see the level of transparency that people were willing to have to show God's work in their lives.
I have often wondered what my cardboard testimony would say. There are many times in my life that I have seen God at work, but I just wasn't sure if there were a few words that could sum up how I feel right now. I saw this video and it made me think about it all over again. What could I say that would make people understand ME better? What could I use as a testimony to others to show them God's love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, etc?
Being a mom has done many things to change me and who I am as a Christian and as a person. It has made me stronger, it has made me feel more passionate about things, it has made me more emotional. It has also lead me to a stronger relationship with our heavenly Father. My desire for my children to know and love God also played a huge role in where I am at with my personal relationship with Him. It has helped to change/improve my marriage with my husband, it has taught me how to choose my words and how to hold my tongue. It has taught me that I don't always have to give every person my opinion on their lives and their choices. I have spent a lot of years working on being the least judgmental person that I can be. It is so easy to look at others and judge their choices and their actions. I have had to ask forgiveness for judging others more times than I can count, but that sin is showing up less and less in my life and I thank God for that transformation.
I think that my hysterectomy almost five years ago has played the biggest role in who I am today, though. That surgery sent me down a road of anger and depression that I had never experienced before. I affected many areas of my life and it took me a long time to finally get away from that hurt and pain and turn towards God and not away from him for what I "thought" was a punishment for something.
I am so thankful to see what finally laying those burdens down before Him has done for me and what it can do for everyone else, too. When I finally surrendered all of my hurt to Him, I actually felt free. I felt like I could finally breathe again and I wasn't being suffocated by my pain and depression.
I think my cardboard testimony would go something like this....
Suffocating from depression and anger towards God
The Breath of Life has set me free!
New Living Translation (©2007)
For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
For the Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
What would your cardboard testimony say? What is your story? How has God been at work in your life?
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