The first chapter of my book "The Whisper of Truth" is my testamony. It shows the many struggles I faced as a child and youth before I found Jesus when I was 42 yrs old.
When I was a child (young youth) there wasn't love shown in my home. I was the only child growing up. I later found my twin brother, and I now have 2-half sisters and a half brother.
Growing up there wasn't any talk of God nor of Jesus. I grew up Jewish, but I never understood the Jewish religion. I chose to take the wrong path in my life because of the influence my parents gave me. My "so called" friends gave me the attention I craved from my parents.
At the age of 13 I had sex for the 1st time and I started doing drugs and drinking alcohol. I became an alcoholic by the age of 17.
I married my 1st husband (I've had 3 in my lifetime), and had 2 children. Because of my drug and alcohol addiction our marriage didn't last.
It took me a very long time of struggling, hard ships, almost losing my children and becoming homeless more times I could count to find any hope or light. The more I tried on my own, the harder it became. I kept sinking down further in the pit of darkness.
When I was 41 years old (I'm now 51), the circumstance I placed myself in was coming to an end. By this time I was on worker's comp with no paycheck, and nowhere to go. I was soon to be homeless with 2 dogs. A friend of mine left his cross in my bathroom and thru the years I heard about Jesus but never actually brought myself in knowing Him personally. I then cried out. Since I have had numerous surgeries on my knees I couldn't bow down, but God understands, I cried out (never knowing who was listening). I must have cried for what was hours and hours. Then the next morning I had a feeling to go to the payphone and contact my cousin (Misfit33) and tell her what was going on and what was about to happen. I couldn't go home to my mother, I burnt that bridge long ago, she said for me to call her back and she'd let me know. Within a few days her and her husband came to get me and my 2 dogs to live with her.
She gave me her Bible for me to read and she started speaking more of Jesus. I lived with her for almost a year. Within a year later my neighbor took me to her church and I started hearing about the "Jewish" people and how God used them to serve Him and I wanted to know more. 2 weeks later on June 30th 2002, I told satan to leave me alone that my life needed changing and I was taking that step of faith and I accepted Jesus to be my Savior. 2 weeks later and on the eve of the day I was supposed to be baptized, a friend came over and needed to talk. He kept me up all night long. I was so tired, could hardly keep my eyes open the day of my baptism. I closed my eyes gently and prayed and asked Jesus to keep me awake that nothing was going to keep me from receiving the "Holy Spirit".
After the sermon and before the invitation to Jesus, I was baptized, and after receiving the Holy Spirit, I was filled with so much joy, I didn't go to bed until 11 pm that night.
A year later my roommate (a lady from church), signed me up for a "Spiritual Walk" weekend. At first I didn't want to go because I was just learning of Jesus and wanted to learn more, but I went. The first night there I didn't open up much, but by the next evening I did. I felt so blessed. Gods showed me something I had been missing my whole entire life. He showed me His Love, and what it meant to be loved. During this walk I began writing, not really understanding why until later.
After the walk I took a mission trip with my church to the hills of Kentucky. During a sermon the Lord spoke to me and told me He wanted me to use my teachings that I was taught to help another and write a book for Him and titling it "The Whisper of Truth".
All my young life I had always had a dream in helping others, but my lifes struggles kept me from fulfilling my longtime dreams until now.
So after the trip I began my writtings and asking people from church to share their testamonies for the book God wanted me to write and so they shared.
It took me 7 years to write this book. I first thought my book was complete and I gave it to a person from church who said he could publish it and then he lost the only copy of it. I first typed it on a word compressor not a computer. So I had to start completely over. I was sorta angry at first, but the more I thought about it, I took it as a blessing from God. It wasn't written the way He wanted it written.
When my son divorced his wife he gave me his computer. So I started over with my writings. Satan really didn't want this book written. About 4 years into my writings I had a complete computer crash, but thank God!! my writings were saved. A friend fixed my computer and was able to save my entire book.
Now the Lord has shown me with this book my long time dream will come true. I will help them to find hope/light in their dark hours. To bring them peace and comfort and to show them the love God has for each of us unconditionally. This is the best help I could ever give them; the light to Jesus....
If you decide to get my book its available online thru Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Publish America.com Just put my IBN# 978-1-4512-1435-2, in search to find it. I will guarantee you will receive atleast one if not more blessings from reading it. Remember after completion of this book I was only a Christian for 7 years, but you would think I have been one my entire life.
The Lord has taught me we are never alone. He is always with us and there is someone out there who has either struggled with what we go through or has had worse than us. We are all blessed. Most people in this world do not have the internet to play games or do business. Remember the ones who have less than you.
Love in the Lord,
Laura-aka-Msleggs46
