Susie Jones

My Testimony

As a little girl and teenager, my dad hated church (he was raised in the church until his mom ran off with a deacon and he did became softer in his retirement years) Mom tried to get us there as much as she could. Until, finally, if I wanted to go I had to ride the bus. And I did faithfully, until the mid teenage years. But, I really grew up with morals not God.

Of course years later being married for the 2nd time and our marriage was deteriorating fast. Don and I started going to church and in February of '84 I attended an evening service by myself, heard the Gospel and realized I was placing my happiness and hope in Don instead of Jesus.

I remember walking down the aisle and my life was changed when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. I knew I needed Him. I realized all my life I had been searching for something to replace the loneliness I had always felt. There was such a sense of relief, I was not alone anymore and the weight of the world had been lifted off my shoulders. For the first time I felt truly happy.

A side note: Our girls were 3 and 1 and they were sick that day. Don had attended in the morning and I went in the evening. After telling Don my experience that evening, he shared his experience of walking down the same aisle that morning. A couple weeks later we were baptized together.