That Moment..

Where do you start when you write about that one moment in your life that changed everything? I decided to start not at the beginning..but in the middle ;) During college my life became a mess..my parents got divorced for the 2nd time..my dad got sick with Hepatitis..I watched my family break apart..I was growing up and not knowing what to do..but the devil knew..he turned me his way. Looking back I totally went the wrong way..I KNEW what was right..and what was wrong. I had been raised that way by my mother and grandparents. Still, the sinful way looked best to me at the time. I turned to drinking and partying..I thought that would make all the hurt and pain go away. And it did for a while. I went on a trip to Florida with some girlfriends of mine..my friend Erin went as well.. I had also stopped talking to her because she knew that I was not being the person she grew up knowing. That summer was the turning point. I realized so much that one summer, and I will forever be grateful to Erin for being such an amazing witness to me. I moved home from college (thanks Laura for believing in me) and began going back to church. I started getting involved. And then one night, November 16, 2004 I knew that I was not a Christian. I knew that if I died right then I would spend eternity in hell. I remember it was very late at night,and I drove up to my church ( I lived a mile from it ) and I got down on my knees by a cement bench. That night I opened my heart and my life up to God..I gave it all to him. I knew when I left the church that night, that if I died I would spend eternity in Heaven, with God. What an amazing feeling. I will never forget that night. Why am I writing this? Because life is short..and I care about each and everyone of you that reads this blog. Last summer I felt God leading me to do more with the children's ministry at church..I'm so happy to be doing HIS work at Highview. I am so blessed in life being a wife with an amazing husband who believes the same way I do..and being a mother to Jack. I've learned now in life you can only trust in God..you have to have that faith that can move mountains. I ask each of you that read this to send me your story..your moment that changed your life..I would love to read them. (mmurphy@highview.org).

My life has been forever changed by that "moment"...."
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son that whosoever believes in HIM should not perish but have everlasting life..." John 3:16