On July 7, 2002, I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart.
Today, 10 years later, I gratefully celebrate His presence and His work in and through my life. (Read my testimony of God's awesomeness here!) Praise be to God for redeeming and illuminating my life with His great love, mercy and grace!
It is mind-blowing to reflect on the person I was 10 years ago (not to mention how mind-blowing the whole "decade of life" thing is) and how dramatically God has changed things for the better in my life since then. The girl I was at seven years of age seems like a distant memory of another life; yet at the same time, it feels like only yesterday that my mother was kneeling with me beside my bed, assuring me even at such a young age that the reason I was sobbing uncontrollably and felt terribly afraid of asking Jesus into my heart was because the devil was trying to stop me from doing it, because he knew that if I did, really good things would happen. I am so thankful for my mother.
The day that I took my first breath, it was 7/7 and I was seven years old; today, it is once again 7/7 and I am seventeen years old. Seven is the biblical number of completeness or perfection. God has been and continues to be so incredibly gracious every day to bring everything to completeness and perfection in Him. His Word promises that "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6), and just today Jesus said, "I've brought you this far; I'm going to lead you through." It is so wonderful to know that there is a God who loves us and who will not EVER give up on us, and who has a perfect, ingenious plan to give each of us hope and a future! He has created a brilliant masterpiece with each of our lives that is far more wonderful than we could ever ask or imagine, and He who promised is faithful (Hebrews 10:23) to accomplish it!
Glory to God, not only for the works of His hands, but also for the perfect love and beauty of His heart.
He is faithful to the end!
God bless,
Rachel Lauren
I was so deep,
So incomplete
Til' You rescued me
Yeah, You rescued me
You rescued me
You are mine, I am Yours
You rescued me
And I am Yours forever
You saved me, remade me
-TobyMac, "Me Without You"
