Introduction
Be encouraged by this true story of a grandmother's faith and hope reborn. While witnessing God's faithfulness throughout her daughter's difficult pregnancy, Jenny reclaims the joy she once knew years ago.This account is one of our featured testimonies from you, the members and visitors of this site. Each story reveals a life transformed by Christian faith. If your relationship with God has made a significant difference in your life, we would like to hear about it. Submit your testimony, by filling out this Submission Form.
Jen's Joy - From Depression to Joyous Hope
I am a 47-year-old wife, mother and grandmother. I was raised primarily Baptist in doctrine, however, I attended Pentecostal churches on occasion with my grandmother.My parents were both musically inclined and decided to form a family gospel group. I think I was 8-years-old at the time. Many of my Saturday afternoons were spent in front of a piano learning my "part," as Mom put it. I didn't realize at that young age how much church and music would impact my life.
I received Christ as my Savior at the age of 15 in a small Baptist church in Georgia. It was during this time that a few of us formed a gospel quartet and began singing in local churches. Within in a few years we were traveling around the southeast singing in churches, civic centers and other venues. I remember that although we had a good time in fellowship with others in the Lord, our ministry in song was most important to us and we took this ministry seriously.
We always closed church concerts with an invitational song, and as the spirit moved, many people came to receive salvation during this time. I know the Lord's Spirit works in many ways. Matthew 18 says, "Where two or three are gathered together, there He is in the midst."
Our quartet lasted for about 8 years, but eventually we drifted apart as some members got married and started families. It is hard to travel with a baby. I continued attending church faithfully with my husband. It was during my 20's, as a new wife and Mom that I started feeling stress and found that I had trouble coping with some of life's situations. My faith became weak.
