My Testimony...I wrote it a year or so back

Here we go ...I grew up in a Christian home in a small town. I went to church every Sunday and Wednesday unless i was sick. I thought I had made a decision to follow Christ at different points in my life, but never were they truly sincere or did I truly change.We moved to the town we're in now, and started going to a church called Life Church. As soon as we started going there, I made great new friends, friends that I would have probably never had the chance to meet had we stayed where we were. After a while of going to that church and seeing how radical the people there were and how much they truly LOVED God and WORSHIPPED Him with everything they had not holding anything back, I realized that I was missing something and it was keeping me from being an all-out Christian. I was missing the God part.I started thinking about how much did I truly love God and worship Him and live my life for Him?So, I talked to my parents and told them that I thought now was the time to set it in stone, and secure my place in heaven with my Father. And on April 3, 2005 I accepted Jesus Christ into my life and asked Him to be Lord and ruler over my life.After that, I have made MaNY mistakes. I am not perfect. Nobody is perfect. I still go through times where I just willing disobey God.Like cursing, for example. It's not something that I necessarily WANt to do, it's something that because I did it before I nailed down my salvation, I am still tempted to. And we all give in to temptation sometimes. But the absolute WONDERFUL thing about God is His grace and mercy. If we are truly sorry for what we have done, and ask Him to forgive us, and turn from it, He forgives you. Gives you a new start.Lately, I have been going through different things like going back to what I did before. And I realize that in order to be an effective witness to my friends and my family and all the people that I am the only way they will only hear the gospel of JeSUS CHRIST then I have to do my very best and with God's help be the best example I can be.And I can't do it without God. But knowing that God is there when I need to lean on Him helps so much when you go through struggles and hurts and pains.I will be more than happy to talk with anybody. Please ask me questions or tell me anything you need to. In Christ,Emily