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Testimony Arts and poem Hidden message in Kanji Message
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From Buddist to Christian My name is
Michiko. I was born in
Usually
the first born boy had to take care of the parents, but my mother’s older
brother ran away from his father (my grandfather), so my mother had to live with
her parents and take care of them. When a woman is married with a man, the woman
moves out of the parent’s house and moves into the husband’s house and lives
together, but when my mother got married with my father, and he had to move
into her house and take care of her parents. It’s called “Youshi.” My
grandfather found my father for my mother. As a man in
When I was
12 years old, my grandfather passed away. I had a strange feeling that was hard
to describe. One part of me was happy and the other part of me was sad. My own
grandfather died. Was I supposed to be sad? Why am I not sad? What kind of human
being am I? I had a struggle with my two feelings. I started
seek the answer in Buddhism, which my mother was really into. She was a very enthusiastic Buddhist. I did some
Buddhism chanting and I prayed in front of my ancestors. I read the Buddhism
chanting book. Sometimes I even poured cold water on my body in the cold
winter. The more sought the answer in Buddhism, the more I felt
empty. I used to wake up early and listen to
English conversation programs on the radio. They had a Christian program before
they would start the program. I never heard that kind of message before and I
started to get into the messages. I started going to church. Everything was new
to me and very fascinating. One day I
heard a message from pastor saying that I was a sinner and the one who judges
others, sins. I did not get it. Why did the pastor call me a “sinner”? I don’t
deserve to be called a “sinner”. I’ve done nothing, I’m a good girl. I found a book that explained the
difference between human’s love and God’s love. I found that we human beings
don’t have real love. That’s why we have so many problems. The Bible claims that
we are all sinners no matter who you are and our sin separates us from God, our
creator. God’s love is unconditional. God loves us the way we are. He doesn’t
care if we are rich or poor, smart or stupid, ugly or beautiful. He doesn’t care
how many problems we have. God loves us so much that he sent his only son Jesus
Christ as our savior to this earth. We deserve to be punished for a lot of
things that we have done, but God punished his only Son Jesus instead of us. The
book said to admit you are sinner by simply saying sorry for what you have done
in your life and by praying with your own mouth. Jesus will therefore forgive
you of your sins and you will be set free. I prayed, “Jesus, I’m a sinner and I
did a lots of bad things. Please forgive my sin and come to my heart and live
within me.” Right after I prayed, I felt God’s love pouring into my heart. I had
never experienced anything like that before. God took the heavy stone out of me.
I felt so happy and free. God gave me a peace that I never had before. God gave
me the love and joy that I could have never gotten with anything
else. You might
have heard about Jesus. You might go to church. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to
the father, but through me.” (John 14:6 ) Only Jesus
can set you free and save you. Not only that, but Jesus will give you eternal
life. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have
eternal life.”(John 3:16) Jesus is
knocking at your door today. Jesus
wants to have a relationship with you. Just simply open your door and invite
Jesus into your heart. The Bible says “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he
with me.” (Revelations 3:18) Here’s how to
pray: Dear God,
I come to you now. I know that I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I
believe Christ died for me and rose from his grave. Right now, I trust Jesus
Christ as my Savior. Thank you for your forgiveness of my sins and for the Gift
of eternal life. Amen. If you accept Jesus Christ as your savior, it is just
beginning of your new life. You need to build a strong faith by reading the
Bible and praying, as well as also going to church and worshiping God until you
die. There are so many hidden treasures in the Bible. Jesus said,"I am the
vine; you are the
branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart
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