Jordan Bishop’s Testimony
posted Monday, August 22nd, 2011 (3 Comments)
When I was eleven, I was so happy to be in middle school. I thought it would be the best three years of my life in Landis Middle School. That was short lived when I started to get bullied. Near the end of sixth grade is when my depression took in. Nobody knew except my closet of friends. In seventh grade is when it got even worse, and when I started to retaliate at the people who bullied me and anybody else who even looked at me wrong. I started to cut myself near the end of seventh long with some of my other friends. In eighth grade, I told the Principals that I didn’t care I would kill myself. They called my parents and I was taken to the hospital for an evaluation, where they put me in impact. I hated to think of being away from my family and my friends. I didn’t feel safe nor did I feel like this was going to help. That first night turned into a good one. I had told God, that if this program didn’t work I would kill myself or continue cutting myself after this program. No thing helped and apparently he didn’t care either. I broke down crying and started to pray and felt the hand of Jesus lay his hand down on me. Like he was telling me to come to him and ask for forgiveness. So that’s what I did, and I became a follower of Jesus Christ that night in the hospital. After I got out we started a course called Alpha, I really didn’t want to do it, but reluctantly did. It made me learn things about God that I truly never knew or maybe just ignored. I started to sing at Alpha with Marv, it made me feel even closer to God when I sung out to him. At the end of Alpha is like a Prayer Night, where you just pray for people that want it. That night for the first time I had prayed for three people, which made me feel really good. I had words flowing out from my mouth without even any control, which I knew was Jesus working through me. The next time we did Alpha at the end of the course at Prayer Night, I was invited to a circle of the Group Leaders and we w ould pray to get words of knowledge. Well, I had gotten big knowledge from God, that he showed me physically earlier in the day before this all happened. It was really shocking but also quite exciting as well. I know though, that I wouldn’t have been able to do all of this without the help of my parents. I have seen them grow in Jesus and just have such a close relationship that I to want to be able to have that relationship. I know I am a beautiful daughter of God no matter what anyone says. My mother always tells me this and I thank her for it, because she is my beautiful mother, who also is a daughter of God and who helped me find my way into Jesus Christ, my Savior. I’d also like to give thanks to Matt and Donna Hartman, Tim and Nora Goggin, Erik Howard, Andrea Mauro, Bill and Patrice Fennen, Donald Noblet, and Mike and Becky McAdam
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by Nancy DenBleyker
On August 22, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Thank you for sharing your testimony, Jordan. It is an encouragement for others to hear how Jesus has helped you and to know that we can turn to Him also.
by Norah
On September 20, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Jordan! This is so awesome! Thanks so much for “putting it all out there”. What a testimony of God’s pursuit of you.
Thank You God for Jordan and what You are doing in her life!
by Jane Caldwell
On December 1, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Jordan, what a BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL story of how He rescued you!! There are so many touching aspects of your story. His love for you that never gave up, even when you did, how the body of Christ walked alongside of you and represented Jesus, how your parent’s love for God impacted you, and how Jesus Himself supernaturally met you in a very real way!!. He has begun a beautiful work in you Jordan and I look forward to seeing how He uses you as you follow/surrender to Him…there is NOOOO better way! God’s best to you honey!!