Bible Discussion Thread

I didn't grow up in church, I never fully heard the gospel until I was 29. Nobody ever told me about Jesus. As kids we would ride the church bus to Sunday school every now and then but I didn't understand it and it never stuck. None of my family went to church so I didn't think it was important. I remember a family friend invited some of us to a church when I was a teenager and people were going up to the altar during the songs that were sang. I didn't understand what they were doing but a feeling came over me that I had never felt before and I started crying. I didn't think much about it after that day though. I lived a homosexual lifestyle for 11 years thinking that was who I was. Just about everybody accepted me for it, there was only ever one person that told me I was living wrong but I didn't want to hear it at the time. Looking back on it now it was just one of the many seeds that had been planted for me. I was a pill head, a pot head, a drunk, I did mushrooms, inhaled air duster and I even inhaled freon once. I had terrible anxiety with panic attacks. I would hurt myself or do drugs to feel anything other than reality. I've been to jail. I started getting tattoos to cover up some of the scars and it was a kind of an alternative self inflicted pain. I was invited to a local church and I felt that same feeling that I had felt at the other church I went to that one time years ago. I hadn't felt it since then and without really thinking about it I got up and went to the altar. I got saved that day, June 28, 2020 at 29 years old. It's been 2 years and I go to church twice a week, I read the Bible almost daily, I got baptized, I married my best friend who I've known for 14 years on June 19, 2021 and he's the only man I've ever been with, God blessed us with a beautiful baby girl 6 weeks ago and I've been sober for almost a year now. I'm living a life I never thought possible and all the glory goes to God.

What a wonderful inspiring testimony Summer. And congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby girl - I'm sure you & your husband will make wonderful parents, especially knowing what the 'world out there' is like, and now also knowing what the Bible says in how to bring up your little pride & joy to know & love the Lord. The Lord will bless you mightily as you stay close to Him & continually feed on His Word, the Bible - oftentimes, it's through His Word is how He speaks to our hearts.

And your testimony of leaving off drugs & a homosexual lifestyle will speak to some who come on here, who maybe having problems in that area. Many believe that this was the way they were born & now part of who they are. They would be very interested to know how you dealt with it as a Christian & how the Lord helped you change - giving you a new mind & heart. The Lord bless you both in your lives and help you grow closer to Him to serve Him.