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  When I was 5 years old I went forward in a Bible school service and asked Jesus to come into my heart.  I do not remember exactly what happened.  I just remember going forward because all of my friends did.    For the next three years I would cry myself to sleep.   I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought I would wake up in Hell. At the age of eight, I remember watching the movie Annie on a Thursday night in November.  I went to bed that night and could not sleep as usual.  I finally cried myself to sleep and had the most amazing dream.  I dreamt that Daddy Warbucks in the movie Annie was God and that all I had to do was accept His invitation and I could become His child.   I woke up in a cold sweat and immediately went to find my mom.   She explained the plan of salvation to me and I trusted Christ as my personal Saviour.  I could have told my mom three years earlier what I was struggling with...BUT GOD, has allowed me to share my testimony with several people that have doubted their salvation and they have trusted Christ.  I was so thankful that my mom did not say to me, "Kristina, you are already saved. You got saved when you were five."  If she would have discouraged me I would still be on my way to Hell.  But instead, I am on my way to Heaven and have had many restful nights. 

  I have always known that I am adopted.  In the fourth grade I was having many problems with children teasing me about not "really" belonging to my mom and dad.  I struggled with this for a few years.  I always asked God, "Why did you put me in this situation and why do children have to be so mean to me?"  BUT GOD, used this teasing to teach me not to tease others if they are different than you and to now teach my students the same thing.   You cannot care unless you have first been there. 

  There are many But Gods in my life and I will share them with you in the next article.

Lessons to be learned from these But God’s: 

1.  God has a purpose for your life even before birth. 

2. Never tell your children that they are saved. Let their own heart be tender to the Holy Spirit’s calling.

3. Teach your children not to tease those that are different from them.

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