Yesterday at the service Daniel asked me if I wanted to give my testimony. Ahh!! To give you some background, a day or two earlier Pastor Zee asked 3 or 4 of us to prepare our testimonies to share at church. It was to my knowledge that everyone had already been chosen and I wasn’t one of them. Relief. Well as you can imagine it was a surprise to me when he came up to me before the service and asked me to share. Instantaneously my heart started pounding and I got really nervous. I had no idea what I would say! I decided to go for it after some encouragement from Andrea and Daniel and they prayed for me right then and there, which was wonderful.
I tried to stay calm and rely on God to give me the words He wanted to share with everyone. I’ve always felt like my testimony isn’t exciting enough to share with everyone, and that no one would be interested in hearing it. I mean I’ve never done anything really rebellious, I’ve always been a christian, not much to say right? As I sat there waiting for my turn God brought little things into my mind about our journey together.
When my turn came to speak, God gave me peace. By the end of it I knew that I hadn’t shared everything that I had wanted to, or felt like I should have- mostly because my thoughts kind of drop off the face of the earth when I’m in front of a huge group haha- but it was okay that I hadn’t. I reminded myself that I am getting better with God’s help and that each time it is a growing experience that I can learn from. I can’t wait til I can get up in front of a huge group and bring it because God is speaking so evidently in me.
Through the encouragement of friends, stepping into an uncomfortable situation and putting my faith in God, I am now excited about my testimony. Every persons journey with God is special and unique. If everyone had the same testimony it wouldn’t mean as much to anyone. God is beginning to show me how my story is mine. He is continuing to reveal to me how He has brought me through different times in my life and even though I’ve been a christian my whole life, it doesn’t mean my story is any less meaningful than anyone else’s.
Sharing my testimony has given me the enthusiasm to take a closer look at my walk with God. I’m excited to write down everything He has done in my life so that next time when I get up in front of everyone I will be able to encourage and inspire others by sharing how my extraordinary God has moved in my ordinary life.
