My Crazy Faith

A dear friend of mine from another state gave me her testimony.  She printed copies of it to share with others in the hopes that sharing her painful story would help others who are hurting too.  It's such an amazing, beautiful testimony that I asked her if she'd like me to share it on my blog, and she said yes.  So here it is, in Renee's own words.  I hope you find encouragement in it like I do.: A GUN TO MY HEAD...  I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE...  AN ELDERLY MAN TRIED TO MOLEST ME...  I LOST MY IDENTITY...  SHAME AND REJECTION TOOK ROOT IN ME...  MY LIFE CONTINUED TO SPIRAL DOWNHILL... My story begins while I was still in my mother's womb.  My biological father would curse me in the womb, saying he wished I was never conceived and that I would die before I was born.  Nevertheless, I was born.  I never met my biological father.  I wasn't even a year old when my mom met my daddy that raised me.  He would tell people he fell in love with me before he fell in love with m

Learning to Praise and Trust God Anyway I think one of the hardest lessons to learn - and one of the greatest indicators of humility - is learning to praise God, to trust Him, and to cling to Him in the painful hard times.                It's easy to be thankful and to trust Him and to “sing His praises” when things are going our way and when we have more than enough (which is why I wonder about the level of spiritual maturity and commitment of those who are richly blessed on earth with success and money and power and who have not been broken by the trials and hard times).    But it is so hard to do this when we are in the “desert times” of our lives and when we feel like life is letting us down, like God is letting us down, and like we have been abandoned by Him.              Learning to praise Him and trust Him (and glorify Him) in the painful hard times is part of the journey of faith... and it can  only be learned through painful hard times .    It can only be learned ...