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I was raised in a Roman Catholic home and went to a Roman Catholic school until the fourth grade.

Even as a child I could not believe all that the Roman Catholic Church taught. I had learned the Ten Commandments and could not understand why Catholic churches had images in their churches when the Ten Commandments said, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, or serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God…” (Exodus 20:4,5).

There was a park near my home and I used to go there and listen to Mennonite people sing songs and talk from the Bible about Jesus. I loved these people very much and they talked about how you must be born-again to enter into the kingdom of God, but at the time I did not know what this meant. Sometimes I would sneak into their church instead of St. Boniface. However, my mother found out and I was not allowed to go back. I obeyed her wishes and after that church never interested me anymore. I became worldly minded, and even though Christians witnessed to me during my life, I thought they were peculiar people who didn’t have any fun because they didn’t look worldly, drink, smoke, attend movies, or go dancing.

At the age of eighteen I ran away and got married. The first seven years of my marriage were very happy even though we had no religion in our home. Then our marriage seemed to fall apart, so we thought that if we had our marriage blessed in the Roman Catholic Church by a priest it might help. However, just the opposite happened, for even though I had three children at this time something was very wrong within me and I finally deserted my husband and children. As a result I fell into great sin and hurt many people, including my mother. But wherever I went I didn’t have any rest or peace in my soul. During all this time my husband was very patient and showed real understanding to me.

Then, I got involved in the cults. I believed in Astrology, palm reading, yoga, and reincarnation. I thought that a person’s soul enters into many bodies over and over and reaches perfections through yoga. Then the soul is clean, pure, and holy, and is finally received by God in Heaven.

Satan had me convinced that I had lived before, and that in one of these lives I received the talent of dancing. So even though I was unhappy in my heart I loved dancing and I began to dance in bars and night spots.

How I thank God for His long-suffering and mercy toward me, for it was as a result of a physical attack upon my body that I happened to be in a doctor’s office and there I met a Christian girl who witnessed to me. I told her that I believed in reincarnation and she showed me from the Bible, John 14:6 where Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” And 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:7, “The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” This same Christian girl gave me a Bible and I began to read it earnestly.

The third evening after I received the Bible I was reading John 3:3, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” And suddenly I saw all the sins of my life pass before me and I fell down on my knees and asked Jesus to forgive me and cleanse me in His blood and save my soul and make me a new creature in Christ Jesus. I rose from my knees with the peace that only
Jesus can give, and I felt that if I were the only person on earth, Jesus would still have died for me. Nothing is more wonderful than the joy salvation brought to my heart as a new babe in Christ.

I thank God for reuniting us as a family and for saving the souls of those in my family in answer to prayer. I also am very thankful to the Pastor and Christian people of Crescentville Baptist Church (the fundamental church I now attend), for they have helped me grow in my new Christian life. My desire now is to witness to all I meet, and reach as many precious souls as I can before Jesus returns.

If you are trusting in Satan’s lies such as Astrology, Spiritism, fortune-telling, witchcraft, false religions, etc., instead of God’s truth, come to Jesus as your own, personal, and all-sufficient Lord and Savior, for He alone has said in Matthew 11:28, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” John 1:12, “but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his Name.”

Friend, don’t go to Hell when you don’t have to. Be converted to the true Christ of the Bible this minute. —Carol Scheerer

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