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i hope this thread doesnt cause trouble, but...

for me....

I am a Christian. I asked God into my heart when I was 12. Now my life sure has not been a bed of roses. I have gone through a lot of horrible moments. Sometimes it was hard to think that God would allow things like that to happen to me. But looking back, I understand. I needed to go through the trying times to see who I really am. God allows bad things to happen not to hurt you, but to test your faith. He wants you to know that He is real. We have to see what God can do during the bad times to understand His power. The greatest decision I ever made was to become a Christian.

I know non-Christians always question the validity of the belief. As for me, I refused to believe that things just happen. Miracles do not happen randomly. I have witnessed too many amazingly miraculous things to think there is no God.

It is hard when you get reborn, and your family is against it. They should support you, but I understand how someone's newfound "religion/belief" can just take over someone's life, cause they are changing.

It is so hard to to say how I feel about Christianity cause I know so many people think I am weird or the whole thing is fake.
It is like, when you see it from the inside, everything makes sense. I know that there are backsliders (i have been one alot) and people who stopped believing. But I feel that it is because they did not get the full experience.

In the last four years, the relationships that I have been in have been very unhealthy for me. The guys I was with were not believers, so I, not being very strong in my faith, began to backslide so that I could be with them. I was thinking about marrying my last boyfriend, even though I knew it would have been stupid. He was not a Christian, so I would have never strengthen my faith. But I know God was with me the whole time, cause when I finally left the relationship, I was a stronger Christian and woman than I was before. So I know that I needed the experience.
I make mistakes everyday, but I try to live the best I can that is pleasing to God. He has done so much for me, the least I could do is live for Him.