TO MY BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST,

PEACE TO YOU AND YOURS...

HERE LIES MY TESTAMONY TO MY MASTER,

WHAT AN AMAZING GOD WE HAVE !!!!

I, UNLIKE OTHER, KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT CHRIST GROWING UP AND LIVED MY LIFE AS CARNAL AS ONE COULD BE. I RODE WITH HARLEY RIDERS, HAD LOTS OF SINFUL SEX, DRANK, SMOKED CIGARETTES, AND EVEN DID DRUGS. I WAS AS ROUGH AS A MAN COULD BE AND AS MEAN, YET I'M A WOMAN. I RAN WITH PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY AND HAD NO FEAR INSIDE ME FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING.

YET, I CONTINUED ON THAT SPIRIAL INTO THE DEPHTS OF HELL. I HAD FINALLY REACHED MY BOTTOM AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY OUT. WAS I WILLING TO TAKE IT?

I STARTED FOLLOWING THE LORD, MY MASTER AND WAS SAVED IN A CATTLE BARN. I WAS BAPTISED IN THE MAUMEE RIVER AND THE RIVER BECAME MY CHURCH. I COULD ALWAYS FIND, AN AMAZING SPOT, TO TALK WITH MY FATHER. TO SEE THE BEAUTY, IN THE THINGS, THAT HE HAD CREATED. WE SPENT TIME WRITTING POETRY TOGETHER. GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. TALKING, ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING.

AT THIS TIME, I WAS MARRIED TO A POLICE OFFICER AND THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD BE GLAD THAT I HAD FOUND THE LORD. NOT SO! HE DIDN'T WANT THE LORD'S NAME OR ANY CHRISTIAN STUFF BROUGHT UP IN THE HOUSE. IT ENRAGED HIM AND THE VIOLENCE BEGAN. OUR MARRIAGE WAS ON A PATH TO DESTRUCTION. WE WERE UNEQUALLY YOKED. THE FINAL STRAW CAME ONE DAY, WHILE WE WERE FIGHTING. AFTER BEATING ME, HE TOOK HIS 357 MAGNAM, PULLED THE HAMMER BACK AND PUT IT TO MY HEAD. HE SAID " YOUR A DEAD B_T_H ! " MY CHILDREN HEARD US FIGHTING AND CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. WHEN HE LOOKED AWAY, I WAS OUT THE DOOR FOR HELP. HE WENT TO JAIL AND THAT ENDED OUR MARRIAGE RIGHT THERE.

AS TIME PASTED, I DRIFTED AND FELL. WHY? BECAUSE I KNEW, IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO FOLLOW THE CARNAL WAYS OF MAN. I HAD MADE MY JOURNEY, AS DIFFICULT, AS I, MYSELF, HAD MADE IT. I HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE. WOULD I OR COULD I FOLLOW CHRIST AND LEAVE THAT OLD LIFE BEHIND? I WASN'T SURE I WANTED TO.

UNKNOWINGLY TO ME, THE MASTER WAS ALREADY DOING HIS GREATEST WORK WITH ME. A NOBODY, WHY? BECAUSE HE LOVED ME AND HE THOUGHT I WAS WORTH EVERY STRIPE. HE KNEW ME, LONG BEFORE I KNEW HIM. HE WAITED FOR ME TO CALL OUT TO HIM AND I DID! I HAD MADE MY CHOICE, TO PICK UP MY CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM AGAIN. I REDEDICATED MY LIFE TO CHRIST.

I WAS NOT AS OPEN ABOUT CHRIST NOW, NOT KNOWING HOW PEOPLE WOULD RESPOND. SO I PLACED GOD IN A BOX AND USED HIM WHEN I THOUGHT I NEEDED HIM. I HAD ONE FOOT ON THE PATH AND THE OTHER ON THE CURB ( SO TO SAY ). I WAS NOT WALKING THE FULL PATH OF CHRIST. I WAS A SOMETIME CHRISTIAN.

IT WASN'T LONG AFTER, THAT I MET MY NEXT HUSBAND. HE HAD LEAD THE OLD CARNAL LIFE THAT I HAD. I WOULD SPEAK WITH GOD BUT ONLY WHEN I WAS ALONE. WE LIVED TOGETHER FOR YEARS BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET ALONG. OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER WAS NOT EASY. YET, GOD WOULD TELL ME," STAY, HE NEEDS YOUR HELP." SO ON I STRUGGLED.

I PRAYED FOR YEARS, FOR GOD TO SEND ME SOME HUMAN HELP. GOD IS SO COOL ! HE, MY MOST AWESOME FATHER, REACHED DOWN AND GRABBED MY HUSBAND'S PARTNER IN CRIME (SO TO SAY). THAT PARTNER IN CRIME, IS NONE OTHER THAN,............. PASTOR GARY ! IMAGE THAT !!!! GOD HAS GOT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, DOESN'T HE!

WE TRAVELED THROUGH THE BIBLE, DAY AND NIGHT. WE CHASED OUR MOST AWESOME GOD, JUST TO TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT !!!! I FINISHED THE BIBLE, JUST 2MONTHS, 2 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS FROM THE DAY I STARTED IT. MY OTHER HALF WAS THEN BAPTISED. THANK YOU, JESUS !!!!  ALL GLORY TO THE FATHER !!!!! AMEN

THAT MY FRIENDS, WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY AMAZING JOURNEY WITH MY MASTER.

I KNEW HIS WORDS BUT HAD NO IDEA HOW TO LIVE THAT KIND OF LIFE. I WANTED FED !!!! I LISTENED TO ANYONE I COULD, I READ A VARITY OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS, FELLOWSHIPPED WITH WHOEVER WOULD. I ALWAYS WANTED MORE......, MORE...., MORE.... AND STILL MORE ! ...... I STILL DO!

I GAVE EVERYTHING TO MY FATHER, I MEAN, EVERYTHING! MY HUSBAND, MY CHILDREN, MY FINANCES, MY FRIENDS, MY PROBLEMS AND MOST OF ALL, MY LIFE.

I WOULD THROW THE BILLS ON THE BED AND SAY " WELL, HERE THEY ARE LORD. THESE ARE YOUR BILLS. YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM." THEN I WOULD THROW THE CHECKBOOK ON THE BED AND SAY " WELL, HERE'S YOUR MONEY. YOU TELL ME WHAT TO PAY, HOW MUCH AND I'LL WRITE THE CHECK." THE LORD IS STILL PAYING OUR BILLS. I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH MONEY THE LORD HAS IN THE BANK. HE LEADS US TO, WHAT WE CAN HAVE, WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, WHERE THAT MONEY GOES. IT BELONGS TO HIM. EVERYTHING BELONGS TO HIM. WE ARE JUST HIS HUMBLE SERVANTS. THANK YOU, JESUS!!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING? YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW, FROM THE FATHER, EVERYDAY. HE SENDS ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE INTO YOUR PATH FOR A REASON. I JUST RECENTLY MET A WONDERFUL WOMAN, NAMED MARY. SO STRONG IN HER FAITH, THAT IT BLEW ME AWAY. I WANTED THAT!!! I WANTED TO KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW !!!! TO TAKE THAT AWESOME LEAP OF FAITH ! WHAT A RUSH!!!! TO GET SO CLOSE, THAT YOU CAN SMELL THE FATHER, BUT NOT YET TOUCH HIM !!!!

HE HAS NOT ONLY HEALED ME BUT SAVED MY SOUL. MY TENT (BODY) WAS FALLING APART FROM MISUSE. THE CARNAL LIFE STYLE WAS KILLING ME. I HAD MANY PHYSICAL PROBLEMS. LIKE ASTHMA, LUNG DISEASE, CURVATURE OF LOWER SPINE. JUST A MESSED UP BACK IN GENERAL AND WAS ON ABOUT $2,000 WORTH OF MEDICINE. SO BAD THAT, I HAD TO USE CRUTCHES SOMETIMES, BECAUSE MY LEGS DID NOT WANT TO WORK. WITH THE STRONG FAITH IN BELIEVING THAT GOD, IS SO TRUE TO HIS WORD, I PRAYED FOR HIS HAND OF HEALING. I ACCEPTED HIS HEALING. I BELIEVED HIS HEALING! I KNOW, THAT I KNOW, THAT I KNOW, THAT I AM HEALED!! I NO LONGER TAKE $2,000 WORTH OF MEDICINE. I NO LONGER USE THE CRUTCHES. I AM NO LONGER DYING WITH MAN'S ILLNESSES, BUT TAKING BACK EVERYTHING THAT SATAN HAS TAKEN FROM ME ! BREAKING EVERY WORD CURSE THAT I OR ANYONE PLACES ON ME, TODAY AND IN THE PAST, IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME. I'M TAKING BACK MY HEALTH, MY FINANCES, MY LIFE !!!! I SERVE ONLY ONE MASTER! THE LORD! AMEN!!

FATHER, I SO HUMBLY THANK YOU, FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON, THAT HEARS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY OUT OF EVERY SITUATION THAT COMES BEFORE US, BY JUST CALLING OUT TO YOU. HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE TO ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED. THAT YOU DIDN'T MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT BUT WE DID. CHRIST IS OUR EXAMPLE, HE WAS A SIMPLE MAN, WHO LIVED A SIMPLE LIFE AND PRAYED SIMPLE PRAYERS. WE NEED TO BE THAT SIMPLE. I ASK THAT YOU EMBRACE THEM WITH YOUR LOVE, GRACE, AND MERCY. I ASK THAT YOU, LEAD, GUIDE AND DIRECT THEM, FATHER. WE BREAK EVERY WORD CURSE THAT WAS PLACED UPON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, NOW AND FROM THE PAST, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS! WE ASK, THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH, TO ENDURE EACH TRIAL AND TRIBULATION THAT TAKES PLACE IN THEIR LIVES. HELP THEM FATHER, TO GO THROUGH THAT MOUNTAIN, INSTEAD OF AROUND IT, BY TAKING THAT AWESOME LEAP OF FAITH AND TO BE IN YOUR GLORY.  FATHER, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY, THAT WE CAN WALK , TALK AND FINALLY TOUCH YOU. IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME.

AMEN

MY JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER IS FAR FROM BEING COMPLETE. YET, EACH NEW STEP I TAKE WITH THE LORD BRINGS ME CLOSER TO HIM. TALK TO HIM, AS I AM TALKING TO YOU. LEAD A MORE SIMPLE LIFE BY HANDING IT ALL OVER FOR GOD TO HANDLE. YOU SEE, OUR ONLY JOB IS TO BELIEVE, TO HAVE FAITH AND TO KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING. BY LETTING GOD LEAD YOUR LIFE, GOD WILL FILL YOU WITH PEACE AND POUR HIS GRACE ON YOU. STAND STRONG ON GOD'S FOUNDATION AND SEE WHAT... AND HOW... HE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE. THEN YOU WILL SAY:

       "WHAT AN AMAZING GOD WE HAVE"