CatholicChristian10 said:I was born to a Catholic family, and baptized Catholic. I was raised in a Catholic Church until I was about 4, when my parents divorced. This was back in the 60's and divorce was unheard of in our tiny community, so my mom left. We went to a series of Lutheran, Nazarene, & Baptist Churches, with each promising they were the only ones going to Heaven. I admit, though, up until I was about 15, I felt very close to God. Well, as a teen, I rebeled. I married @ 17 to get away from my mom & step dad.
My first husband was killed in a motorcycle wreck 6 mos after we married. I did some silly things (nothing illegal), and ended up married to my kids' father. !4 mos after getting married, we had a son. Dean was 10 yrs older than me, and an alcoholic, & very abusive, but I was young. I had 2 more kids, girls, and finally divorced him. I went back to school & became a nurse. Now when I was little, I wanted to be a nurse & a nun....so I kept part of my dream.
Anyway, moving ahead, in 1992, I met my now husband, although we didn't marry until 1998. We have had a very good marriage. We chose to go back to church, because I truely missed it. Mike was not raised in church, but I was, and I was ready to give my whole life to Christ. My husband did that & was baptized. I, too did that, and though was very involved, felt like something was missing.
Now over the years, my respect for the Catholic Church has never died, although I have always heard terrible things, and Catholics could not go to Heaven. I always thought the faith a beautiful profession of our Lord.
In 2003 I was diagnosed with stage 4 Her2+++ breast cancer. I was in shock. I received my first chemo, and thought I was going to die. I stayed with my husband, went to 'healing' services, was prophesized over, that I would be healed, prayed over constantly.......basically I just needed enough faith, and all would be fine. I knew in my heart that that couldn't be true. If so, why do Godly people continue to die every day?
I guess it was then that I started reading. And asking questions. And studying, and largely praying. I was praying on a constant basis, NOT to be healed, but to do exactly as God wants me to do. I wanted whatever was in God's plan, & wanted to be a testimony.
I was lead back to the Catholic Church. I know, my 'friends' were saying 'impossible!' "The Catholic Church is false, and you can't be saved and go to the Catholic Church" or whatever else they were thinking. I fought it at first. I think the thing that hit me hardest, though, was my onocologist. I knew he was a Christian, he talked it, and he walked it, and showed true love & compassion for his patients. We were talking one day and he said he was Catholic. Now, before we knew that, we knew he was a Christian, but after, we became a little judgemental. I knew then that Christ was calling me to go back.
I started going to Mass, met with the Deacon, and brought my foster children & grandchildren to VBS. For the first time in.....maybe forever, I felt like I was going home.
Christ has blessed me with completely clear scans since June of this year. I have had one reacurrance, so have been on chemo twice since all of this happened. Lost my hair, which broke my heart, because it had always been long.
I feel His presence when I walk in the door. I also had a dream, and in this dream I was in a play, or movie, but didn't know my parts, and I was just confused & winging it. The Director tapped me on the shoulder and said I was doing the right thing.
My mother, who will not speak of Christ, nor anything to do with church, actually opened up a little....although very little, when I said something about the Catholic Church.
Christ has led me home.
you can read about my conversion by clicking on the following links, in order
I started out my research 18 months before my enquiries in OBOB began...here is the first post i make in OBOB...i'd already fought for those 18 months to get my daughter into the Catholic School and had had interview's with the Staff so that i could affirm my wholehearted belief in the christian ethos of the school!..i was so slow to realise that God was drawing me to the Holy Catholic Church!
My initial post in OBOB (after many months of lurking)
http://www.christianforums.com/t455...web-sites-.html
My initial experience of Catholic Mass: http://www.christianforums.com/t53094-im-in-love.html
And subsequent reception into the Catholic Faith: http://www.christianforums.com/t115...estim-home.html
Thanks be to God
God Bless.
plmarquette said:in the process of " conversion "
did you notice , that when you changed , that there was a need to
go and do , that was not there before ....
that there was a hunger for the bible ....
that there was a change in priorities , processes , and heart ?
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