I found MY LOVE
Like
many of us, it seemed to me that I believed in God because I went to
church and tried to obey the Ten Commandments. In spite of that however, I
always felt that I was missing something and not really happy. An
unsuccesful marriage that ended in divorce left me a single parent to
raise my daughter on my own. None of my relationships with men after that
seemed to work out. These experiences provoked me to seek after real love.
That is when I met Ewa, whose family really inspired me. My daughter and I
were complete strangers to them, and I was so moved by their love, help
and hospitality. I could trust Ewa, and she in a very simple way
encouraged me to begin reading the Bible. She told me that in the
scriptures I would find all the answers for how to live a full and happy
life. After some time, Ewa invited me to a meeting at her church. It was
that night I realized for the first time that I had never really entrusted
my life to Jesus and that I needed to do that now.
Not
long after putting my Life into the hands of Jesus, I lost my job. I was
living with my daughter in an apartment where the walls were full of mold
and my daughter was frequently sick as a result. I decided to ask God for
help, believing that he would help. I went to the president of the city to
ask him to intervene in my situation and was told it would take a miracle
to move my situation. He advised me not to waste my time expecting a
miracle. But I had decided to trust God to provide me with a new apartment
and a new job. And that is exactly what He did for me. Four years ago in
December, in the same month I was hired on as a full-time employee at an
eye glass factory where I continue to work and received a brand new
apartment in a new development in the city.
In
God I found my love, hope and faith!!! Beata
How I came to know Jesus Christ - Tomek
 I
was what many described a quiet child and later teenager, but there was a
voice in my heart that awakened me to search for something more than what
my parents and teachers expected and more than what my friends desired. I
looked for these alternatives in books, music and drugs, and although
these things sometimes muffled the gnawing desire of my heart, none of
them fully satisfied it. In time, my search took me into wider and more
dangerous terrains such as narcotics, Buddhism, etc. . . Jesus was someone
I had heard about as a child. I liked attending the Catholic Church and I
even read the Bible from time to time and was familiar with several Bible
stories. But somehow nothing in them seemed to relate to my to my life or
the reality that surrounded me. With time, the story of Jesus Christ the
Jew made less and less of an impression on me.
But then God ignited within me a new interest in him. In the spring of
2000 I attended a percussion workshop in Kalisz where I shared a student
dorm room with three other guys. One of those guys was Slawek. He told me
the story of how Jesus pulled him out of his addition to drugs and how he
was born again. He told me that when I will be filled with the Holy Spirit
a river of new life would flow through my life.
Although there was always a Bible in my family home, I only started
reading the Bible after Slawek gave me a pocket sized edition of the New
Testament and Psalms. It was then I saw Christ in a new light. He was no
longer a wooden figure nailed to a cross, but the living word who set my
heart on fire. Every verse brought new revelation. I read them through
tears of joy like one who had found the map leading to hidden treasure.
God himself had placed the shovel in my hand, showed me where to dig and
then continued to stand over me as I dug. I read the Bible at home, on the
bus, while standing in line, and in the parks and forest.
Prayer became my favorite occupation. Every conversation was a
conversation with God, my friend and my Father. I thanked God for allowing
me to see and understand truth I had never seen before. During one of
those conversations in a park in Cieplice, I received salvation and gave
my life to Jesus. I decided to entrust him with my life because he knew
best what I should do with it.
In July 2000 I went to London, England believing that God was sending me
there. Having no work or place to stay, God took good care of me and I
found myself among some wonderful people from a church called “The
Potter’s House” (Jeremiah 18:2) I was Baptized in water by these Christian
friends and upon returning to Poland I was Baptized and filled with the
Holy Spirit.
Today I walk with God and desire to serve him with all my heart and life
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