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"My Personal Testimony"GREETINGS, CHRISTIANS, IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. MY NAME IS SHARON MORRISON. I LIVE IN BRAZORIA, TEXAS, ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF HOUSTON. I AM MARRIED TO DEAN MORRISON AND WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN. I HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 18 YEARS. MY FAMILY AND I ATTEND BRAZORIA FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD, THE HOME CHURCH OF "CELEBRATE AMERICA", THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN OUTREACH IN THE BRAZOSPORT AREA. OUR SENIOR PASTOR IS ALE FRANKUM. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN MY TESTIMONY BY PAINTING YOU A PICTURE OF MY LIFE BEFORE I WAS SAVED. I WAS A REAL ESTATE BROKER AND OWNER OF A COMPANY IN ALIEF (HOUSTON). I WAS IN HOT PURSUIT OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. MY UNHAPPY MARRIAGE TO DEAN WAS RIDDLED WITH FIGHTING, SEPARATIONS AND SPIRITUAL DARKNESS. ABOUT THE SAME TIME I BECAME PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD, MY LITTLE BROTHER, JOHN, HAD JUST BEEN SAVED AT COLLEGE. AFTER A YEAR OF CONTINUED WITNESSING, HE LED BOTH OUR MOTHER AND FATHER TO THE LORD. SOON AFTER THAT, AT MY HOME, JOHN DREW ME AN ILLUSTRATION OF A STICK FIGURE ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS MADE UP OF THREE PARTS: A BODY, A SOUL AND A SPIRIT. JOHN TOLD ME THAT MY SPIRIT WAS DORMANT, "UNBORN" AND THAT IF I WOULD ASK GOD TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO ME, GOD WOULD MOVE IN MY LIFE.
I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT, RIGHT AFTER THAT, I SAT DOWN WITH THE BIBLE AND LOOKING UPWARD, I CHALLENGED GOD, "I'M GOING TO READ THIS BIBLE AND IF YOU ARE REALLY THERE, SHOW ME. IF NOTHING HAPPENS, I'M PUTTING IT BACK ON THE SHELF." AS I READ GENESIS, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE GREAT CREATOR GOD. IN EXODUS, I FOUND MYSELF STANDING BESIDE MOSES IN THE DESERT, WONDERING WHY THESE DISOBEDIENT PEOPLE WOULD NOT FOLLOW GOD. AND WHEN MOSES DREW THE LINE ON THE GROUND, I CROSSED OVER WITH HIM. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT, I WAS RIPE FOR THE PICKING. WHAT FUN GOD MUST HAVE HAD WITH ME! I WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT AS I READ MATTHEW 19:21. I BEGAN TO WEEP IN REGRET AND REPENTANCE ABOUT MY OWN LIFE AND I WHISPERED TO GOD, "IF I HAD BEEN IN THE RICH, YOUNG RULER'S PLACE, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW YOU, LORD." AT THAT VERY SECOND, THE HOLY SPIRIT REACHED DOWN FROM THE PORTALS OF GLORY AND WHEN I FELT HIS TOUCH, I JUMPED TO MY FEET IN SHOCK AND CRIED, "HE'S ALIVE!" SO AT 33, THE SAME AGE JESUS DIED FOR ME, I BECAME BORN AGAIN. IN THE TWO YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, I HAD A RAPID SUCCESSION OF CHANGES IN MY LIFE. MY FATHER DIED, I BECAME PREGNANT AGAIN AT 36, I QUIT MY CAREER, MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK OUR FAMILY OUT OF HOUSTON TO THE BRAZORIA AREA, AND MY HUSBAND ACCEPTED THE LORD. IN TIME, WE FOUND OUR CHURCH, BRAZORIA FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD AND FOR OVER TEN YEARS, WE WORKED DILIGENTLY IN THE CHURCH. AS THE YEARS PASSED, I BECAME MORE AND MORE BURNED OUT OF THE CHURCH SCENE. EVEN THOUGH I CONTINUED TO GO AND DO, IN REALITY, I WAS A ROBOT FULFILLING MY ROLE AS A CHRISTIAN WITH LITTLE OR NO SPIRITUAL LIFE. THEN IN 1998, I WAS INVITED TO THE REVIVAL AT PENSACOLA WITH A WOMEN'S GROUP IN OUR CHURCH. VERY DOUBTFUL ABOUT THE SITUATION THERE, YET DESPERATELY HUNGRY FOR A TOUCH FROM GOD, I DECIDED TO GO. THE TRIP TO PENSACOLA DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE COURSE I HAD BEEN ON FOR SO LONG. AT PENSACOLA, I SAW THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN MY SPIRITUAL HUNGER. I WAS SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WANTING MORE OF GOD. WE RETURNED ON A SATURDAY NIGHT JUST IN TIME FOR A PRAYER MEETING AT OUR CHURCH. AT THE ALTAR THAT NIGHT, GOD GAVE ME A POWERFUL VISION AND THEN BAPTIZED ME IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. FROM THAT POINT ON, EVERYTHING CHANGED. MY FIRST PRAISE AND WORSHIP SONG, AFTER THAT ENCOUNTER WITH GOD, WAS "HOLY SPIRIT, I WORSHIP YOU".
I REALIZE NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, THAT I AM A SINNER SAVED BY GRACE. NOTHING I'VE DONE OR COULD EVER DO COULD EARN SALVATION. JESUS DID IT ALL, FRIENDS. IF I COULD ENCOURAGE YOU AT ALL, IT WOULD BE IN THIS: GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. JESUS LOVES YOU. THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO POUR HIMSELF INTO YOU LIKE A NEW SONG EVERY MORNING. HE WANTS TO PULL YOU OUT INTO THE DEEP WATERS OF HIS UNFAILING LOVE. HE DESIRES TO BRING YOU BEYOND THE VEIL AND INTO HIS PRESENCE AND TO HAVE THE VERY CLOSEST RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU POSSIBLE, A ONENESS OF BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT. |
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