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Natalie's Story

Natalie knew she was looking for something, but didn't know where to find it until a friend invited her to church

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Natalie's Story

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Natalie knew she was looking for something, but didn't know where to find it until a friend invited her to church

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My idea of God was somebody very distant,

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not somebody who was wanting to be involved in my life,

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but somebody who was wanting to restrict my life.

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My name's Natalie, and this is my story.

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Before I became a Christian, I was brought up

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in the Catholic Church, so every Sunday,

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we would go along to church and it just

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was something that we did, it wasn't really something

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that I chose, and then when I was old enough to choose,

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I chose not to.

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So I just started living my life the way that I felt

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was a good life, but there was still a part of me

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that was longing for more,

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and I wasn't quite sure what that was,

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but I knew that I wasn't finding it

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by living life my way.

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One day, I went to see Machine Gun Preacher

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and I was watching this real-life story

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about a guy who had met Jesus and his life

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had been changed and he was going out

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and, you know, making a real difference in the world.

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And I started asking myself what difference

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it was that I was making.

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My friend who I worked with, she would tell me

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about how she was going to church and stuff,

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and so she'd invited me along to church with her.

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I went along initially, and I thought, oh you know,

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this is nice, it's, you know, quite cheesy music,

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but it's quite good.

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And I remember the message that was preached then

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about destiny and how there is a purpose for your life,

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but it just didn't sink in.

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And so it was maybe about three years later

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before I started coming along to church.

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All the while, she was still praying for me

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and praying that, you know, I would connect

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and that I would have that relationship with God.

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When I came along one particular Sunday,

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I heard a message that was answering the exact questions

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that I had about life and purpose

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and who it is that's giving you purpose

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and how it is that you're to invest your life.

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It just kind of fell into place

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that it was real that God was wanting

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to be involved in my life,

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and that Jesus was real and he made a real sacrifice for me.

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Before, there was a distant God who was putting rules

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in place to kind of ruin all my fun,

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and now he is an every day,

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every minute part of my life.

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I love that's he's able to make even the mistakes

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in your life really beautiful.

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It's only God who's able to do that.

January 2020
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