Testify

I saw God today...in the hundreds of entries on the Living Proof Ministries blog today of women telling how they know that God is real.  Incredible stories.

So then I started thinking...how do I know that God is real?

It's not because my parents told me so.

Or because I grew up going to church.

Or because I own more Bibles than I can count.

Or because I could sing just about every song in the hymnal without looking.

Nope...those things all play a role in my life, but that's now how I know that God is real.

I know He is real because on my worst day, His presence is still evident.  And when I was brokenhearted, I still knew love.  And because I know He's healed me.  And I've seen my friends experience healing that can only come from Him.  And because I know I could never be anything without Him.  And because everything good about me comes from Him.  And because of the sunrise & sunset.  And because I've seen children in Africa sitting in the mud & mire, singing praise to Him.  And because I can feel compassion for people that I will never meet.  And because I know that my life is not about me, & I'm okay with that.

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