As you know from my previous blog I wrote a letter to a friend to tell them about me - the real me - and after I finished writing it I thought maybe I should add the letter on here as another blog because I had put a lot of thought into it and it is my testimony. Then Bekah suggested that I put the letter on here, so I am going to do it. Here it is:
November 11. 2004
Hey! I'm finally writing that letter. How long has it taken me?!? Well anyways, I feel like I need to tell you about the "real" me. A couple of months ago we were talking and you said something about I didn't know what you're life was like because I have a happy life. You know what, I do and it's because of what God has done in my life. I may not know exactly what you are going through with heartaches or problems, but I do know where you can find relief and answers. If you would ever like to go just tell me. I can guarantee on thing and that is that you will definitely notice a difference from any other place you may have been. The feelings are very different, but it is a good different. You won't feel feelings so clean and pure anywhere else on earth.
Okay, let's see...I have been going to holiness prayer meetings since I was about 4 years old. Honestly, holiness is the only "religion" that I really know. Have you ever heard of speaking in tongues? When I was 11 years old I received the holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues and from that day, Nov. 26, 1994, my life has been different. There is a different set of standards for God's children (the people with the holy Ghost) and that standard is living a clean, pure life, but you also don't want to live life any other way.
Sunday night when you asked me (on instant messenger) how my weekend was all I did was put up the big smiley face and I was waiting for you to ask me why it was so great, but you didn't. It was good for different reasons. First of all I got my membership to our organization. You don't get your membership until you are an adult and you have had the holy Ghost for 6 months so it was a big moment in my life. Then the whole rest of the meeting was all of us hugging each other. Our hugging was clean and pure -- you see we're like one big family and our lives are totally connected. I'll tell you what the feelings were so overwhelming and wonderful. I wouldn't trade anything for those feelings and I don't want to ever do anything to lose them. I honestly think that a stranger could have walked in the house and without know anything could have felt the love of God in that room.
I know this is a lot to take in at one time and I'm sure it sounds strange, but why don't you come to one of our prayer meetings and "check it out" for yourself. I would mean a lot to me for you to come and you would be welcomed by everyone.
Well, that's it. The letter I sent my friend. I don't know, it was just the thoughts I was having at the time. As soon as I started writing it was just like the words kept coming, so I knew I was doing the right thing.
