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God's love has played a significant role in each of our lives. Here are a few stories from some of our "Beloved" girls about how God's love has affected them throughout their life.
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Allison Johnson, 21"I started to discover what the love of God meant in my life when I was nineteen. Even though I grew up in the church, basically being born in a church pew, I had heard about God's love all the time. But when I graduated high school God became a different person to me. He became more important, but not just more important, He became more intriguing to me. I wanted to learn more about this God I had heard about all my life. I wanted to know Him on a deeper level. Just like everyone else, there has been times in my life when my relationship with God wavered. Growing up I always felt like I had to be perfect: look a certain way, act a certain way, and live my life a certain way. I came from a family where you learned to act like a lady, and how to be prim and proper. For the longest time I felt like being perfect was my identity. I was the girl everybody wanted to be, and I liked it that way. I liked it that way until trying to be perfect overtook my life and I was stressed if anything was less than perfection. When I started to understand the depth of God's love for me, I began to realize that God loved me because of the person I am, perfect or not, and God knows I am not perfect. Once I realized this, I began to live my life the way I know God wants me to. I live my life glorifying Him, rather than glorifying myself and I intend to do that until my very last breath on this Earth. My purpose in life is to glorify my Lord and I intend to do that for eternity."
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Jeannie Tong, 21God has demonstrated His love for me in my life by providing me with a great support system. He has so graciously given me a set of friends and loved ones who listen and love me through all the junk and baggage in my life. Growing up I never had a strong and dependable group of people who I could lean on for comfort, advice or joyfulness. I found that when I submitted myself and all of my insecurities and allowed myself to be vulnerable, only then was I able to see with new eyes. Once my eyes were open I was able to put away the unhealthy relationships and grow healthy and long lasting life relationships. Today I have several deep rooted loving relationships that continue to love on me every day, even when I get caught up in my sin they tell me the truth and put me over our friendship. I am blessed beyond my greatest imagination and have been presented with such a lovely and meaningful gift from my Father. Truly He knows me. Truly He loves and cares for me. Truly He has made me new and has provided me the help I needed through the growing pains. Thank you Father, for always knowing what is best for me even when I fought back and turned to walk away.
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Jenna Nimri, 22"God's love has been shown to me through the little things that mean a lot to me. There was a day that my faith was weak and I doubted whether He existed at all, but the very next day I was surprised to receive a gold cross necklace from my mother. That was just a little reminder from Him to never let go of my faith and that He is still here and present in my life. His love is shown through the lessons He teaches me in life; that He is enough for me, and that no human on Earth can supply me with the pure love that only He can. That is still a lesson I'm learning. I know I'm His daughter forever. Nothing can change that. T know He loves, even more than I love myself. No matter what happens His existence will never be doubted, because the way I understand the world through science in only through my five given senses. As humans we are limited by those five senses, so being a Christian means that I accept that there is a God who does understand everything and accepting that fact I cannot. That is why I must put my trust in the One who does understand it all instead of myself."
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1 |
Sabrina Alcaraz, 19"God displayed His ultimate act of love when He sent His only Son to die for us. He did not stop there. Throughout our lives as His creation He continually shows His love towards us. He forgives us, grants us mercy, and gives us peace. He pursues us in our mishaps and does not give up. I have seen this extremely evident in my life. I’ve never really seen what genuine love looks like. It was a foreign idea to me. Looking back, I can see how God was pursuing me and softening my heart. My heart was rigid and refused to believe that a God so great and holy could love me. I struggled with my self-worth for a long time because of that. From Dad issues to boy issues. I gave myself to people I shouldn’t have. When I realized where my self-worth comes from it changed everything. I realized that I am cherished, loved, and taken care of by my Heavenly Father. When He looks at me, He doesn’t see the wicked, disobedient me. He sees His daughter who He adores and wants the best for. Just knowing I am loved by the creator of the universe…it made all the difference."
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