Sher's Love Story August 9th, 2010

Last summer, I took a trip to the place where I was raised. It had been about three years since I was last there. Before going back, I had regular weekly bible studies with my family and a couple of friends. I knew that I was going to miss bible studies, and so I brought what I could with me, my bible. Without the fellowship of those I was studying the bible with, I found myself slowly drifting away from the Word. I wasn’t praying often. I started neglecting my bible, and I had a heavy heart more often than ever.
And then I met someone online in a community that supported a certain artist, and we got to talking. She never pushed her beliefs on me, but she would freely talk about her relationship with God. While she talked, I listened. Her faith amazed me, and it was then that I realized that I’d drifted away from the Lord. I started questioning myself, asking myself why I had let myself drift away, why I didn’t turn to God, why I couldn’t see clearly. And I would cry. One night, I even cried myself to sleep. After that night, I began to fast. And I told myself that I needed to know that I truly trusted Him. I know He never fails me, but I yearned to give everything to Him. I wanted Him to let His will be done in my life, but I had to have faith. When I fasted, I became weak so many times. At those moments, I remember bowing my head and just talking to God. Needless to say, He always got me through. And my faith has been renewed!
Today, this friend that I met is someone I call my best friend. And it’s only by the grace of God that she was put into my life. God has a way of doing things, and I believe she was sent to me so that I could find Him again. And that’s my love story.