EVERY STEP OF THE WAY by Deb Murray

DEBBIE'S TESTIMONY

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:25 AM

Subject: My Testimony

Hi Doris,

I have no idea why I am sending this out. Like the poem, I feel a need to, so here goes.

My name is Debbie and I was born in a little town called Berwick, in Nova Scotia. When I was 6 years old my parents and I moved here to New Brunswick.

My life was not easy. My parents drank a lot. When I was 13 years old, I found out that my parents were not my parents, but really my grandparents. By the time I was 13 I was an alcoholic, had tried drugs and was a mess.

When I was 16 I met my future husband. I believe the Lord had brought him into my life for a reason, but I did not know that, at that time, because I did not know Who God was. Today I believe if God had not brought my future husband into my life, I could have been lying in a ditch, drunk, somewhere.

When I met my future husband I did not know he was a Christian, but thank God I started going to church with him, and God delivered me from the mess I was in. I thank God every day for bringing him into my life.

Through my husband my parents(grandparents) found the Lord, and both have gone on to be with the Lord.

At the age of 29 we were married, and then 5 years later, we had a son named William Joseph and then just 2 and a half years ago, I gave birth to another son (change of life baby), Peter James. There is a little story about his name. I did not know what to name him. My oldest boy said, "Mom, why don't we name him after 2 of the apostles in the Bible?"; hence, Peter James.

My life is fully complete, the Lord has watched over us, He has healed me many times, and I praise Him and thank Him every day. I thank Him for my wonderful husband, my 2 beautiful boys, and my real Mom and Stepdad. My Stepdad was really sick and we prayed for him a lot, and I believe God gave him a second chance, and with that second chance he made all things right with God. I have put a page up as a tribute to him if you would like to check it out,

http://www.my.homewithgod.com/godsgiftofhope/floyd.html.

The night my stepdad passed away, my husband was at the church for a prayer meeting, and the exact moment my stepdad passed on, my husband seen like a tunnel and at the end of that tunnel he saw my stepdad standing there. Now, he did not know that my stepdad had passed on until
he got home from the church, so you know God still shows us things and speaks to our hearts.

I am not saying I still do not have some bad days, I do, but I just keep looking to the Lord, because that is all there is in this world today. I still get lonely and down, but I keep seeking His face, and keep praying for unsaved loved ones, but believe me today, if there is someone out there you love, please let them know that you love them, because you never know what tomorrow brings. We may never have that chance again.

Thank you and God bless,

Debbie