I've Found Love
by Janne dela Riva
Well, writing in this column really is the first for me. This, made me very nervous. I didn't even know why I yielded to Bel's request when she suddenly asked me to write a story for the "My Life" section of SERVE. I know that it wasn't I who did it. It was God who really wants me to write this because I'm not good in English but who cares? After all, it's not important. What's important is that I have to share what God has done in my life and not what people might say.
As far as I can remember. I've been always spoiled. Whatever I wanted I should get or else�Before, I've never been contented with what I have and in what I do. I even got mad whenever they force me to do things that I really hated. I didn't want to listen and I respected nobody, just myself. I started hating everybody, even God when the people that I loved left me behind. First, my Aunt and then my best friends. But the worst thing that happened was when He took my grandmother away from me. That made my life miserable.
I felt that I can't live without my grandma. She dedicated her life to me and she was the one who taught me on how to survive in this world which is full of challenges. I felt that I was all alone. I have my parents with me but they couldn't understand me, I felt that nobody cared and I don't want to live anymore.
Until a friend came and invited me to join the Christian Life Series (CLS). She told me that in CLS I would discover the true meaning of life. I didn't know that I would be happy in this so called CLS. And as the CLS went on, I found myself very eager to attend the series. Almost pulling the days if I may say so. The emptiness that I felt before slowly drifted away because the words that I've heard from my brothers and sister and their sharings filled that deep longing. By this time, I can feel the presence of God. I know that He really works in me. He has changed my life and gave me a new heart, mind and a new life. It was when I started to realize that God is love and without Him, my life is so incomplete.
Little by little, as I came to know Him through CYA, I gradually realized that I have wonderful parents who love me so much, a lot of friends to treasure. He gave me a very special person who will take good care of me and love me for the rest of my life.
I'm happy to tell you that Marianne died a year ago and its no longer her who live sin me, but it's Christ, who has given me everything to make me feel at HOME again and I believed that's what I'm longing for in the beginning. I thank Him for making me realize all my mistakes. Thank you and I hope that you'll experience the same love God fully gives!!!
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