Christian Testimonies

My Testimony of God’s Amazing Grace

By: Shelia Holcomb

Before I begin my testimony I feel it is important to give you some information on my childhood, so you will be better able to understand some of the decisions I made in my life, however good or bad they may have been. But every decision I have made during my lifetime good or bad is what has brought me to where I am now and I am very thankful for the mountains and the valleys.

As a child I went to Church, not by my own will… but because my Mother made me go with my Aunt and Cousin’s. I never really learned anything when I went; I was just there because I had to be. At the age of twelve, I left the Church and got lost in this world. By the time, I was thirteen I was smoking weed, cigarettes, and drinking Alcohol. I also started skipping school to get high. I would tell lies to my Mother about where I would be at and what I was doing. I would not come home when I was supposed to I thought I was grown.

To expound on 2 praise God’s comment
“I think when we learn to forgive others, not only does God promises to forgive us, but we become free. Free from bondage and free from anything else that may compromise our relationship with God.”
That bondage includes freedom from hurts, and insecurities, and begins the unconditional Love that God shows us… Since I moved with my dad at 8 yrs old i was abused, both verbally and physically. When I met my mom shortly after i moved with my dad, she would invite us to spend time with her, then stand me and my brothers up. These things hurt, but The more God put it on my heart to forgive, the more i acted on it, the more God began to remove pain from the past experiences…He began to show me what happened wasn’t my fault, but I was a victim to situations that it helped to shape my destiny, and turned my Victimhood into Victory!