Ethos
May 4th 2003, 10:43 PM
Thank You Lord, for cutting the chains from off my feet, and for taking my hand to help me to stand. Thank you Lord, for setting me free! But Most of all...
Thank You Lord for Bringing me back to life!
Something I wrote after being "saved" By God. I still Thank him every day, a million times a day, for deeming me worthy of being saved!! And for the eternal peace and joy he has put into my soul, my very being.
You want to know something? I smoked since I was 13, and was a major partier, drinking all of the time, we can just see where that lifestyle was taking me... To a life of alchoholism and emptiness...
Once the Lord took control of my life, I knew I had to make some lifestyle sacrifices, to name a couple, drinking and smoking...
The drinking was WAY easier than I expected it to be, as I was getting to a red flag stage of alchoholism... About 2 Bottles of champagne a day was my norm (I was a mimosa girl)..
But the one I really anticipated to be difficult was the smoking, and it wasn't until weeks later that I felt ready to undertake such a seemingly challenging oath.
You see, I had tried to quit smoking many times before, I mean really, who wants to spend five dollars a day killing yourself and making your breath stink?
But it wasn't until I surrenderred my will to the Lord, and in that allowed my human weakness to be transformed with his strength that I quit, and you want to know something?
I didn't have a SINGLE withdrawal. I smoked my last cigeratte, and never was in want for one EVER AGAIN!!
This I tell you truly before the Lord!
Thats is why I am so lucky to be a Christian. For with man it is impossible. But with God, all things are possible..
What better friend to have on your side than the all powerful and all loving God?
I know now there is no challenge to big for me through Christ who strengthens me. The world is such a different place than what is was before I had that realization, my most valued possession, which I Keep in the safest place I know.. My heart!!
I CHOOSE GOD!! AMEN!!
Thank You Lord for Bringing me back to life!
Something I wrote after being "saved" By God. I still Thank him every day, a million times a day, for deeming me worthy of being saved!! And for the eternal peace and joy he has put into my soul, my very being.
You want to know something? I smoked since I was 13, and was a major partier, drinking all of the time, we can just see where that lifestyle was taking me... To a life of alchoholism and emptiness...
Once the Lord took control of my life, I knew I had to make some lifestyle sacrifices, to name a couple, drinking and smoking...
The drinking was WAY easier than I expected it to be, as I was getting to a red flag stage of alchoholism... About 2 Bottles of champagne a day was my norm (I was a mimosa girl)..
But the one I really anticipated to be difficult was the smoking, and it wasn't until weeks later that I felt ready to undertake such a seemingly challenging oath.
You see, I had tried to quit smoking many times before, I mean really, who wants to spend five dollars a day killing yourself and making your breath stink?
But it wasn't until I surrenderred my will to the Lord, and in that allowed my human weakness to be transformed with his strength that I quit, and you want to know something?
I didn't have a SINGLE withdrawal. I smoked my last cigeratte, and never was in want for one EVER AGAIN!!
This I tell you truly before the Lord!
Thats is why I am so lucky to be a Christian. For with man it is impossible. But with God, all things are possible..
What better friend to have on your side than the all powerful and all loving God?
I know now there is no challenge to big for me through Christ who strengthens me. The world is such a different place than what is was before I had that realization, my most valued possession, which I Keep in the safest place I know.. My heart!!
I CHOOSE GOD!! AMEN!!