My Faith Journey
By Joanna Swett
I first accepted God into my life when I was five or six. I was on my bed with my parents. I prayed the prayer and asked God into my heart. I had been going to church before I was born and continue to go after I was born. It was the day that I asked God into my heart that my life changed for the first time.I went to Sunday school and started to read my bible and life was great. I just went to church because my parents went. I didn’t really have any friends at church. In first grade I started to go to church camp
I kept going through the motions of my .life untill my life as I knew came crashing down. In 2001 my parents got divorced. I was angry at God and I was angry at the world. Church became a place where I was supported and felt safe. I knew people were praying for me. At camp that summer I saw a new side of my friends I was also able to ask God back into my heart with the help of my counselor. I felt like I wasn’t alone anymore. It was by God’s grace that I was able to get through the four-year custody battle.
I continued to become closer to God through the years after the divorce. My life was a struggle but I realized that I always had God by myself. This continued untill 2007 when I found out I had a new medical diagnosis. I also helped my friend deal her grandma’s death. It was a year of ups and downs with many more downs. I once again asked God back into my heart. I was able to share with my testimony with my Sunday School class and then with the whole church. It was a very magic time on my faith journey.
I continued to be on the right path with God untill 2010. I was started struggling with my relationship with my dad. I was questioning where I fit into his life and how much he cared about me since he had a new girlfriend. I knew I wasn’t treating him the way I should be. During this time we were studying the prodigal son story in church. I was very touched my this study. I felt like the prodigal daughter running away from my dad. I was able to sit down with my pastor during our Easter service and asked God back into my heart. That is where I am today. I am on fire for God. I am understanding the sermons better at church and I take notes on them every week and try to figure out how they relate to my life. I cry almost every week.
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