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Saturday, May 14, 2005 At Last!!Well, at last the other 'bloggers & bloggerites' have remembered this site! I wrote my testimony a few weeks ago but was reluctant to post it. Thanks Carol for your sharing yours. When I go to New Zealand I'll make sure that I meet up with you. But I have a feeling that my longed for trip to new Zealand will never become a fact.I don't have a dog to talk to - we did when I was a kid living in Longwarry North, but that's eons ago. My daughter is constantly getting calls from friends telling her of their woes, and she tells her own woes to the cat - me too at times! Now for my brief testimony... It's pretty hard to fit 53 years (and getting younger each day...)into a few words - but a good exercise nevertheless. PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE PAST I was born the youngest of four and my childhood was spent in various parts of Gippsland. My parents were both Christians and my life was surrounded with Christian activities. My father instigated a Missionary Program at our Church in Longwarry North, and each month the church would have a dinner with a visiting speaker from a mission. Many of these missionaries would come to our home first,and I found it exciting and a privilege to have known so many workers from 'the field'. During my teenage years I attended the local youth group called Teen Age Fellowship - TAF for short. It was a branch of the existing Youth For Christ program that was held in Warragul. Up to this point I had a clear understanding of what it meant to be a Christian and at the age of 14 I gave my life to the Lord. But inspite of my 'open' home and a supporting youth group, I was extremely shy and self-conscious (I still struggle in this area at times). I left home at the ripe old age of 17 to pursue nursing. A very green country girl was suddenly living in South Yarra. Confused and mixed feelings were beginning to surface,causing me to make some wrong decisions in the way I was living. The highlight of my nursing was to work at Yooralla in Balywn, with many children affected by Cerebal Palsy. During this time we were to find that my newborn niece would suffer from the same affliction. I found my self in a position of understanding. Obviously the Lord placed me there for a reason. When I was 21,after much struggling with the Lord,I entered the Melbourne Bible Institute at Malvern. I had promised the Lord one term. Two Diplomas, a husband,a baby on the way, and four years later I left! Again I could see the hand of God upon me leading me to MBI. PRESENT My husband has been the Pastor of the Evangelical Christian Church in Keilor East for the last 22 1/2 years. We have four children, with two of them married. Each one of the children have given their lives to the Lord for which we are so very grateful and I firmly believe that it was through the example and teaching of my husband that they took this step. I work as a permanent part-time Medical Receptionist at an X-ray Clinic and have been there for 11 years. We have experienced the hand of God during all these years, and my husband has helped me and encouraged me to use the gifts that God has given me. Our lives are full of various challenges as we face each day. I know that I fall far from God's standards, but I also know that He is a loving and patient God. FUTURE "Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself..." Mat 6:34 I need to heed this verse, being born into a gene pool of worriers! Sometimes the future seems to be fraught with troubles and impossibilities, but as I look back over my life, I can see how the Lord has led and protected me, and I just have to trust Him daily for my future and the future of my family. # posted by shellymac @ 5:46 pm 0 comments
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