Hello everyone,
So to introduce myself, I’m a 39 year old divorcée with three beautiful children, twin boys and my little girl. As a child my siblings and I occasionally went to my grandparents Lutheran church, but besides that, no religion was part of my life for most of my years. For the past six or seven years I had been of the Bhuddist ideology, but more recently I was starting to feel hopeless with it and feeling like what’s the point. My life had taken a dark turn after my divorce, deep depression and heavy drinking, and the road I was on was only going to end in one place. I was emotionally, spriritually, and mentally broken. Then, by the Grace of God, the Word of God came to me. It was early February, and I accepted Jesus as my lord and savior. I wasnt able to be baptized right away, and had a few stumbles before I was finally able to on April 1st, but when I did it felt like that outward declaration of obedience to Christ was exactly what I needed. I did at first have my doubts about my salvation, as I think a lot of young Christians like me can sometimes have, because of my lack of knowledge, and of reading about things like the story of Esau, and of course the infamous Hebrews 10:26. I was troubled because I had committed three separate acts of sexual immorality, and chose a casual fling over God, (which only lasted a weekend) all before my baptism. The thought kept entering my head, “that’s it, you blew it. God gave you a chance and you threw it away for the desires and temptations of the flesh. He wants nothing to do with you now.” After many sermons on you tube from Francis Chan, John Piper, John MacArthur, and my local pastors at church, they’ve helped me to understand the spiritual battle I’m now in and that that’s exactly what satan wants me to think and believe. Since my baptism I haven’t strayed and my faith feels stronger than ever. So anyways, sry for the long intro, just trying to get my story explained lol. I look forward to some good discussions with you all! God bless!
So to introduce myself, I’m a 39 year old divorcée with three beautiful children, twin boys and my little girl. As a child my siblings and I occasionally went to my grandparents Lutheran church, but besides that, no religion was part of my life for most of my years. For the past six or seven years I had been of the Bhuddist ideology, but more recently I was starting to feel hopeless with it and feeling like what’s the point. My life had taken a dark turn after my divorce, deep depression and heavy drinking, and the road I was on was only going to end in one place. I was emotionally, spriritually, and mentally broken. Then, by the Grace of God, the Word of God came to me. It was early February, and I accepted Jesus as my lord and savior. I wasnt able to be baptized right away, and had a few stumbles before I was finally able to on April 1st, but when I did it felt like that outward declaration of obedience to Christ was exactly what I needed. I did at first have my doubts about my salvation, as I think a lot of young Christians like me can sometimes have, because of my lack of knowledge, and of reading about things like the story of Esau, and of course the infamous Hebrews 10:26. I was troubled because I had committed three separate acts of sexual immorality, and chose a casual fling over God, (which only lasted a weekend) all before my baptism. The thought kept entering my head, “that’s it, you blew it. God gave you a chance and you threw it away for the desires and temptations of the flesh. He wants nothing to do with you now.” After many sermons on you tube from Francis Chan, John Piper, John MacArthur, and my local pastors at church, they’ve helped me to understand the spiritual battle I’m now in and that that’s exactly what satan wants me to think and believe. Since my baptism I haven’t strayed and my faith feels stronger than ever. So anyways, sry for the long intro, just trying to get my story explained lol. I look forward to some good discussions with you all! God bless!
It always makes me happy knowing that there is one more sheep which has gone astray and our good Shepherd brings it back safe and sound. 
