Who am I ?

Thank you for the opportunity Father God for allowing me to share my testimony.

Reflecting on my life; God heard the prayers of a believing mother, mine.  I was born full term, unlikely to survive at 3 pounds 4 ounces.  But, survive I did, even through life threatening sicknesses and diseases.  At age 22 married, with a baby, my best friend, my mother, passed.  With her last words to me, she said, “fear not, a greater one than I will be with you always.”  I never understood what my mother meant, life went on; but, not the storybook life I saw my mother and father live. Through two failed marriages, and with two beautiful daughters, I once again married. This time to a man who had grown up in the church, but had fallen.  Like myself we both sought a restored life of good, a life of family, children, his seven and my two; working together to make a life worth living.  We even connected with a TV evangelist and together gave our hearts to the Lord; in fact, every week we gave our hearts to the Lord.  After the TV evangelist fell from the grace of God, so did we.  Looking back, it wasn’t the preacher’s fault, it was our own shortcomings.  Step by step we both slid into the fiery depths of hell.  I woke up in Chowchilla’s Prison for women facing 8-12 years of imprisonment for the crime of being associated with the actual perpetrator.  My first week there, I literally stumbled into a women’s prayer ministry.  Once again, on bended knees, I asked God to forgive me and help me get out of this ugly place.  Seventy days later, I was transported back to the city I was arrested and back in court where ALL charges were dropped!  I knew it was not of my own doing, it had to be Gods. 

With our marriage restored, we walked into a little church that was being converted from a bowling alley. Again, at the alter, I honestly confessed that I didn’t know Him, or even understand how Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and He were one.  It was then that I invited all three into my heart, mind and body and soul; with that invitation my life has never been the same. This happened almost twenty years ago, it just gets better with everyday even through trials, and there will be trials, but please remember fear not, for HE is with you always.  He is with you in the good times and the bad, and HE loves you!

I know who I really am, I am a blood bought child of the most high God

Marcia Sambrano