Tammy's Story

When I was around 8 years old, we had a visit from a local church. I stood alone on our front porch and asked Jesus into my heart. I was too afraid to tell anyone for fear that I would be ridiculed. I didn’t really understand what it meant, but I felt God’s love in that moment. I tried to read my mom’s old Bible that I found in her nightstand. I didn’t understand what I was reading and when I asked her for help, she admitted that she didn’t understand it either. I really loved looking at the pictures, especially the pictures of Jesus! I dreamt of heaven and felt like the little girl in a well-known movie who prayed to God that he would make her into a bird so that she could fly away.

Fast forward many years, I was a young mother with two beautiful children who filled my life with a love and joy that I had never known. I loved being a mom, but my marriage was crumbling. I began a desperate search for something that worked. I felt fearful, lonely, angry and so lost. I tried to find fulfillment through books about positive mental attitude, but that was only a temporary fix until the next negative thought or emotion crept in. I dabbled in palm-reading and spent time studying reincarnation, but instead of finding peace, I was filled with mystery, doubt, fear, and anxiety. I was very interested in spiritual things, but blinded to the fact that they had nothing to do with one true God. 

I had the opportunity to watch a movie about Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout the movie, I kept hearing two words, follow me. At the end of the movie when Jesus hung on the cross, I felt as if he was looking right at me and I understood for the first time that he was doing it for me. I shut the TV off and in my desperation, I prayed, "God if you are real, if Jesus is God, I feel like you were saying to me, "follow me," but I have no idea how to do that so you will have to teach me. "
I went to bed.

The very next morning, I felt a huge weight had been lifted off of my life. The grass was a green and the sky was a blue I had never seen before. I knew something was different. My salvation was found in Christ alone and I had HOPE! Since then, by His grace, my life has continued to change. I started reading my Bible, but only the words in red. At that time, I only wanted to know what Jesus said. Through His word, He began to teach me what “Follow me” really meant.

Over the last 37 years He has been faithful in continuing to lead me on this journey. I have stumbled along the way and missed the mark, but He has remained faithful. He has blessed my life beyond anything I deserve and so abundantly beyond all I could ask or imagine. He even fulfilled a lifelong dream of having twins and now a loving family of 15! He has given me peace that passes all understanding. He has never forsaken me through all of life’s highs and lows. He has healed me, loved me, and He is my rock. I can’t imagine living a day without Him.

God wants to have the same relationship with you! Would you like to ask Jesus Christ into your life right now? If yes, you can pray: Jesus Christ, please come into my life.