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MY TRANSFORMATION
I was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I lived there till I was 21 when I decided to go to Bible College. Now let me back up a few years... I grew up in a Christian home, attended a great church and was very involved in youth group. I loved God and shared the Gospel with many of my friends in school. When middle school came, I was chasing after a boy who smoked pot and drank a bit. I wanted so desperately to be loved by him that I followed his actions and alas, we started dating! Obviously, that wasn't the best road for me to be on, but at the time, it was all I wanted. After a few years of me and this boy dating on and off, I indulged in some other drugs, drank much heavier and slept around with other guys. At the time, I thought this was life. But really I was a desperate girl needing love that no guy on this planet could show me, and no drug could fill. I was also mad at God for not giving me the guy I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. At the time, he was just another addiction, but I didn't see it that way. God wasn't giving me what I wanted. And that was that. So I rebelled. In my mind, I didn't think of it to be rebelling, only having fun. Oddly enough, I still read my Bible often, went to church and considered myself a follower of Jesus. My respect for my parents was nil and I verbally abused them and others around me multiple times. I didn't care about the people around me and just wanted another night of drinking, sex and drugs. The power of the Holy Spirit convicted me deeply of what I was doing. The Lord was calling out to me to stop what I was doing and follow Him wholeheartedly. My parents wanted to send me to rehab as I was still recovering from the drugs and drinking I was doing. Instead, God had a different plan. My friend was going to Briercrest Bible College and invited me to come along. My parents agreed to one semester to start- but let me tell you that one semester was all I needed. At the time I was still hoping to be with the first guy to have my heart. We were still talking regularly and we talked about being together. I still loved him, but wanted change in the relationship that was honoring to God, so I prayed for just that. School started January 10th- the night before I went to college, there was a going away party for me, where I messed up bad. I don't know why I slipped so quickly back to my old ways, but I did.
Obviously my parents were extremely disappointed when I didn't show up that night and even more disappointed when I didn't get home in the morning in time to leave for college. Needless to say, we left a couple hours later, and I grabbed a shower to remove the party stench at a hotel on the way. I experienced severe spiritual warfare in the next few months as the power of darkness was trying to drag me back down the path of destruction, and the power of God was holding on to me, bringing me to Light. I battled some desires of the flesh for a while- pornography, drinking, sex before marriage, disrespect for my parents...to name a few. But the Holy Spirit DID transform me and I was delivered from these things.
In March, God showed me that His plans for me were not to be with this guy I had been obsessing about, but that He had a better plan. He showed me this through Isaiah 55: 8-13. Two weeks after I made the call to break up with this guy, I met another- who is now my husband. He was totally what I didn't expect, but better than I could have ever thought. Since then, God has brought us through many ups and downs, but all to build us up spiritually, to prune us and refine us to be more like Jesus. I now have three children: Oskar, Mischa and Henry- I can't describe the faithfulness and never ending grace and mercy that God bestowed on me. I am so grateful that He chose to rescue me from my life that would have led not only to a quick earthly death, but more importantly from an eternal death. I now can rejoice that I will see Jesus face to face and will spend eternity worshiping Him in Heaven! Amen!
~Leanne 12-08-11
Obviously my parents were extremely disappointed when I didn't show up that night and even more disappointed when I didn't get home in the morning in time to leave for college. Needless to say, we left a couple hours later, and I grabbed a shower to remove the party stench at a hotel on the way. I experienced severe spiritual warfare in the next few months as the power of darkness was trying to drag me back down the path of destruction, and the power of God was holding on to me, bringing me to Light. I battled some desires of the flesh for a while- pornography, drinking, sex before marriage, disrespect for my parents...to name a few. But the Holy Spirit DID transform me and I was delivered from these things.
In March, God showed me that His plans for me were not to be with this guy I had been obsessing about, but that He had a better plan. He showed me this through Isaiah 55: 8-13. Two weeks after I made the call to break up with this guy, I met another- who is now my husband. He was totally what I didn't expect, but better than I could have ever thought. Since then, God has brought us through many ups and downs, but all to build us up spiritually, to prune us and refine us to be more like Jesus. I now have three children: Oskar, Mischa and Henry- I can't describe the faithfulness and never ending grace and mercy that God bestowed on me. I am so grateful that He chose to rescue me from my life that would have led not only to a quick earthly death, but more importantly from an eternal death. I now can rejoice that I will see Jesus face to face and will spend eternity worshiping Him in Heaven! Amen!
~Leanne 12-08-11
