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Ricks Personal Testimony Had an alchoholic father who rejected me,I was very discontent and angry as a child. Got into alot of trouble with the law,did almost any drugs i could get my hands on,lived basicly for sex drugs and rock and roll. The only thing that made me really happy was science fiction,and the hope that one day mabye aliens would come,and save the world and take me away from this sad planet. Well it was very discourging because in my heart,I knew this hope was quite silly and unrealistic.Even if there were aliens,Why would they want to take me on an adventure in space.And whos to say the aliens are not evil,after all they seemed to destroy peoples lives,by abducting them against thier will.and thier lives were all screwed up after they had this experience.but still my desire to know them was overpowering. Well at christmas,I went to my favorite cousins place in Lethbridge.We talked lots,and smoked pot like we always did.I went on and on about the possibilty of aliens saving our planet.Then the next night,I started goin on about the aliens again,when out of the blue,Neil(my cousin) told me to be quiet he heard about the aliens all night and now he wanted to share somthing with me.I was shocked he never shut me up like that before he spoke with authority,and started telling me about how Jesus Changed His life.I said what your full of it!We just got stoned last night christians dont do that.He said your right,but its not that christians dont do that it that christians are not supposed to do that,but he said i am not perfect.Well after a few objections i finnally settled down and allowed him to share his story with me.He spoke all night till 5 am.Somthing stirred in my heart as he spoke of the power of God and the things he had experienced Being in Gods presence. I struggled with giving up my favorite passtime (smoking pot) but for the first time i knew i could be a christian and still be me,that i could smoke pot still,and God would not reject me.I knew for the first time that i could come to God just as i am,and not sweat the small stuff,but it was Gods Job to save me not mine,I only needed to be in agreement with God that i am a sinner and i need His Forgivness. well i realized for the first time i could become a christian and still be cool,(be me)and for the first time i was really convinced Jesus was The way The Truth,I saw my life flash before me and i saw all the people who ever cared about me,as unlovable a kid that i was.I remembered that almost everyone of those people were born again christians,and I saw thier faces in my minds eye and saw the contentment in them.It was at that moment that I knew I had to make a choice i could reject Jesus again and mabye never feel this way again.Or I can invite Him into my heart right now and experience what these loving christians have been enjoying.Well I got down on my knees and asked God to forgive me I said Jesus I believe you died on the cross for me please come into my heart and fill me with the promise of your Holy Spirit(I was never told of such a promise I later discovered there is such a promise in the bible)Then I said thank you Lord.when I finished saying that prayer there was no thunder,no lighting,thier was no nothing.Then I tried to force myself to cry,I thought man i should cry or somthing,but nothing.So I got up off my knees with no feeling,except this really good feeling that i did the right thing.So up the stairs I went when I got upstaire I saw the christmas tree,wow!it shocked me!iI had forgotten all night that it was christmas eve.And i thought wow! God chose to save me on my favorite day of the year,Christmas!.Now it had so much meaning and that gave me a very happy feeling inside.Then Neil came up to me and said wow what has happened to your eyes there so white so i went to the mirror to see what he was speaking about he was right I was amazed my eyes were like white flashlights they were so clean and Holy,it blew me away,I saw Jesus in my eyes I thanked God.That night the whole family wanted to go see a christmas show at the theatre.I decided to stay at the home to be with God alone.I decided to clean the house,to be christian,ya know;i just wanted to do good.So I set about to do dishes,I popped my guns and roses tape in the gettoblaster pushed play and walked over to the dishes,When all of a sudden the music started,then the words started comming out,somthing inside of me cringed, and I could hardly get to the gettoblaster fast enough to stop the tape and throw the thing to the ground. It was at that moment that i knew for sure that the Holy Spirit was truly inside me,I looked up to heaven and thanked God.No one told me not to listen to that music it could only be God inside me that showed me,how negitive and unholy that music was.Well I just kept changing after that and day by day God showed Himself more and more to me.He is an Awsome God and I love Him Because He first loved me. Day two of being a christian..On christmas night I still smoked some hash oil with my cousin.I talked and talked about my new found faith.In the morning,I looked around for somthing to put my half of the oil into,when a thought came into my mind,I dont need this stuff anymore,I got Jesus,and the very moment I chose not to take my share of the drugs like a weight lifted off my sholders and I felt lighter and I thanked God.Then I went upstairs to walk home;(i stayed at neils that night)when I got outside the whole world was like a brand new world I was stunned at the beauty of it.I saw the snow was glistining and stuck to trees fences an everything the world was brand new it was the most beautiful day i ever saw in my life. Everything began changing.It was about two weeks after I made my decision to recieve Christ,that I realized I hadent watched tv or chewed my nails in two weeks,and I thanked God.And I just could not shut up about Jesus!I drove some people crazy and lost friends others made decisions to recieve Christ,my girlfriend recieved Christ.Everwhere I went I just wanted to tell people about How awesome Jesus is.I wanted everyone to have the same great Joy that I had. God gave me a love for people in the begining a love for my girlfriend I never had up till Christ came into my life,although I have struggled alot with certian things in my life. I only find peace in Christ he answers 9 out of 10 prayers.And tells me in my heart that an answer to the tenth prayer will come someday,Jesus is everything to me my hope my Joy my peace ,my prosperity,I Love Him Because He first Loved me. Rick Bouliane edmonton alberta kingskidtrucking@hotmail.com Click HERE to return to the edited story Click HERE to create a banner that links to this story! Your e-mail address will be kept private!
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