My Testimony for Theology 202

My family has always been involved in the church ever since I was born. Both my parents are Christians and I was at church every Sunday and Wednesday. So it was expected that I came to know Jesus as my Savior when I was 7 years old. At the time all I knew about being a Christian was that there was a scary place called Hell and that if I accepted Christ as my Savior and asked for forgiveness of the bad things I had done I could go to Heaven. God then pressed on my heart to get involved with the church and fulfill the role that God asked of His people which is to reach others with the message that God had reached me with. During my middle school and early high school years I was always looking for opportunities to serve. As I got older and became interested in school activities and dating and I lost my focus. Occasionally God uses things to bring us back to Him and thats what He did with me. From the summer before my senior year of high school through the beginning of my first semester at college 6 people close to me died in different ways and it really caused me to rely on God because there was nothing I could do to help myself. Although God didn't do these things just to teach me to depend on Him and it has helped me to get through very hard times and has helped me to be there for others and He still is working in me.