| Christianity |
| My Testimony |It's hard to say exactly when I became a Christian. I 'gave my life to Christ' several times in my early years, but never understood that it meant the complete sacrifice of myself to God. That was until I was 15, and I was have in none of it! For the previous 4 years I had been enjoying myself far too much to totally give up my life. I was going to parties, seeing different girls, and anything else would just get in the way. At the end of the summer of 1999, I was 16 and unaware that things were about to change. It was just another house party and things were going along as usual. I had drunk a bottle of Jack Daniels and now the weed was being passed round. I was unaware, but my mate had just got back from the Dam and the skunk was pretty strong. After smoking 3 or 4 spliffs a shared joint was being passed round. This one was huge but nobody seemed to want any of it! As I didn't want to waste it I smoked most of it myself. At first I didn't realise anything was wrong, I just lay back and listened to the conversations that were going on around me. Then my mate said "Covo, teach me how to play this thing". From where I was lying on the floor I could see him waving about his new guitar. I tried to get up and show him but I found that I couldn't move or speak, I'd whitied. My so called mates had a field day doing all the old tricks like shaving my body! It must have been an hour later when the guys realised that I hadn't recovered yet! Each one in turn tried to get me up and each one failed. To cut a very long story short, they eventually called my dad and he managed to get me home and into bed. Looking at him, I saw that he still had nothing but love for me, and that was the catalyst for the realisation that knowing and serving the Father, and His love for me was even bigger and better than the love my dad has for me. Since then I have grown and grown in my faith and, though it's been tough, love Jesus more today than ever! He has changed me from a dissatisfied, purposless, chaotic and unhappy boy into a man with a goal in life, excited by life, wholly fulfilled and filled with joy! PLEASE NOTE being JOYFUL DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS HAPPY JOY IS DEEPER THAN HAPPINESS AND CAN BE PRESENT EVEN IN GRIEF AND SUFFERING!!!! It's not just me that's been changed by Jesus though! All around the world, young people are being changed by Jesus, for the better! Visit www.sharejesusinternational.com and ask around the chat room and you'll find but a few! Jesus has the power to change lives, give purpose and direction, and most importantly give "life in all its fullness" (John 10:10). If you want more information on Jesus, or Christianity, e-mail me and we can talk. |