Ever since I was a child I had gone to church. On Sunday mornings, when I was about 5 or 6 years old, I would attend with my grandmother at the church of Christ. When I was younger than that, my mother taught my Sunday school class at the Baptist Church. Then, I moved to where I currently am now. My parents and I started attending a Southern Baptist church, but to me then, it was just a place to see friends, and to talk. Well, one night when I was 12 years old, I went to bed as usual, but I couldn't sleep. I tried every way I could. But, I kept having these questions go through my mind.. such as "Will I go to Heaven?" "What's Salvation?" "What do I have to do to get into heaven?" and such like that. Ironically, my mother was up doing Bible study. I would get up, ask her a question, she'd answer it, then ask "Do you want to accept Christ as your Savior?" I'd say no, and go to bed. This started at about 11pm to Midnight, and went on until 3am. My palms were sweaty, I couldn't sit still.. I was a wreck! But, the Lord wouldn't leave me alone (And, thank goodness He didn't!). When I *finally* did say yes, and accepted His free gift of Salvation, I knew it was the best decision I could and ever would make... I was so overjoyed that I thought my heart was going to burst, and it felt like a huge weight was being lifted off of my shoulders! *smiles* That same night/early morning Satan creeped into my mind. Not 10 minutes after all of that had happened, he had me doubting myself. I mean, he had me asking "Are you really saved?", "Are you sure you're going to heaven?" I was new at this Christianity thing, so I wasn't so sure as to what the answers to those questions would be. This went on for about a year. I was even to the point that when I said my prayers at night, I would try to make deals with the Lord, if he'd take all of the nagging doubt away. Finally, I did become known to the fact that Christ had died for ME and Everyone. And, once you accept Him into your heart, there is no going back. Ever since that night when I was 12, I've been Heaven bound. But, after that struggle was over, Satan hasn't ever been that deep into me, and I've been on fire for Christ ever since! ;-) I've learned that Christ won't ever let us be tempted beyond what we can stand, and that after temptation (In my case, it was doubt) is over, you become stronger than you were before. Praise The Lord!!

Thank you for taking the time to read this.. I know I do tend to babble on! May God Bless you with many bountiful harvests of the many joys in life.