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My story starts out in my childhood with what would seem typical to many. I was the third child, of four children. As a child I was raised in church, however, it took many years of my life, for me to learn the difference between religion and relationship with Jesus Christ. As a child I often felt afraid, lonely, and very insecure. While growing up I was always looking for love and security from other people, especially men. In my teen years I started using drugs, primarily marijuana, and drinking. This behavior continued well into my college life and afterwards. Along, with many other horrible, sinful, behaviors associated with this type of lifestyle. I was very codependent, and always looking for a man that would save me. My life was spiraling out of control. |
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One day, after having a sever reaction to drugs, I crawled on my hands and knees before a picture of Jesus Christ and I pleaded with the Lord to set me free from my drug addition, and immediately, he did. Praise God through the grace and mercy of my God and his healing power, I was delivered and set free from my drug addiction.
[Deuteronomy 4;29-30] But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find Him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in the later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey Him. I had always experienced alot of emotional pain in my life, which was still affecting me, so I joined a local church and participated in their christian 12- step program. I was finally able to deal with all the underlying issues of my addictions. I then began to have a serious walk with the LORD, learning to trust him more and more with my life. I saw my life being transformed, as I was replacing my negative thoughts and emotions with the word of God. I continue in daily prayer, regular church attendance, and accepting responsibility for my life and my actions. These are events that happened many years ago in my life, Today, and I am not the same woman Praise God. However, it is still my hearts desire to see anyone that is suffering, as I once did, to be set free. So I carry this desire into the ministry of " Street Gideon". I long to see many lives delivered from the enemy's bondage into God's peace, love and freedom. I finally found the only person [God] that could save me was then and is now Jesus Christ. I now want to share that good news with others. I accept the work the Lord has set before me. My goal is to serve the Lord with excellence and honor, for God to use Carmelo and I to bring in every soul to be saved that He has assigned to this ministry. I am just a sinner who has been set free, and for me that is a daily walk. I give God all the glory for tuning my life around, and for keeping me out of the pits of hell. One day while I was in prayer thanking the LORD for all of his blessings he told me:" you were deformed, but now you are transformed". Today, one of my favorite scriptures is
[Romans 12;2] Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will.
God Bless, Marsha
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