My Short Testimony

Recently I have been thinking of my short testimony and now I am going to pen it to paper. This summer I spent my time in Bosnia building relationships and sharing something that has transformed my life. While sharing with someone I learned a lot of about myself. I refereed to Revalation 3:20; "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."

At that moment I realized that I had been in the same situation as my friend. I had kinda heard the knocking of Christ on my life but I had chosen to cover up the knocking. I had been playing the drums so loud that I could not hear and didn't want to hear the knocking of the Lord.

When I came to Tech I stopped playing the drums and the Lord revealed himself to me and I have been transformed ever since. As you can tell "playing the drums" includes many more things than just playing the physical drums. It included all of my actions, my heart condition, and my attitude towards God.

I still try to play the drums and cover up the conviction of my heart but the Lord is gracious and calls me home. I can not thank the Lord enough for continually knocking on my heart and not giving up on my sinful soul.

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