My Testimony...

I love to to read and listen to peoples' testimonies. God works in each person's heart uniquely to turn them to Him. Although I have always grown up in a Christian home I thought I'd share with you more specifically what a huge change was in my and - our family's- walk with God.

Life

"Life" is my testimony; a time for me in which God changed and worked in my heart and my life. My life changed with my baby brothers. About five years ago my father felt that God wanted him to pray for twin boys. After my youngest sister was born in 1997 my mother had tubal ligation surgery. (Her first three pregnancies were hard on her.)  My youngest sister was about nine when my father started praying.
 Long story short a year passed with Daddy still praying almost daily. We were blessed to live near a very skilled doctor whose whole profession was focused on performing tubal reversals. Through much consideration, discussion, and prayer. My mom decided to go through this surgery. Now with any surgery there are risks. Were we as a family making a rash and unnecessary decision? 

The surgery is not always guaranteed to work, but miraculously within a week after the surgery, my mom was pregnant. Through many weeks of waiting, (and an oversight by the doctor thinking only one baby was in my mother's womb for several of the first weeks) going through ultrasounds, and much anticipating, sure enough when the week we were to know the gender arrived, there in my mom's womb were two precious twin boys.

Before babies it was me and my two sisters.With free time and almost no responsibilities, we had a very boring life. ( So I think now.) When my brothers were born and we started to have more responsibilities, I first felt bothered and angered at more work. Why did I have to do these chores? Why did I have to change diapers? Why did I need to vacuum? As we got into more of a routine; -spreading responsibilities evenly between each family member,things got easier, but something else was changing.

Our family began to spend more time together. Whether we were doing chores or having fun playing with the twins. Before our brothers we hadn't even been eating together as a family every night. My sisters and I began trying harder to respect our parents. We began to watch less media and God placed people, books, movies, tapes, in our life that encouraged us in a new time in our life as a family. We began reading books together, talking together as a family, discussing everything together. My responsibilities were becoming greater. My life and relationship was strengthening with my family and with God. As I spent time with my brothers, I found joy and happiness taking care of them. I had loved playing with dolls in the past, but babies were so much more exciting and fulfilling.

 Life... is the word that I say changed me. My faults were revealed through dealing with my brothers, (Anger, selfishness, laziness) and I worked harder to improve. Prayer became more prominent and a truth that describes our change "God works in mysterious ways". My family has gotten closer to God as a family and individually. There are different ways for God to draw people to Him. But God decided that babies would start the change as we turned to Him.

Our family moves continually closer to our new found goal to please and glorify God. With more life in our family we have had many laughs, smiles, and treasured memories. Through the twins, frustrations and struggles have come, but it is truly a sanctifying development. Now with three sweet baby brothers in our home, life is an adventure as God teaches us each day. With my mother pregnant with my sixth sibling, I anticipate how God will work in my and my family's life next.


Do you have a testimony? I would love to hear yours'! :-)