Edna
was brought up in a Christian home but her mother (and her mother before
her) had been very superstitious. Yes, her parents were Christians but
fear and superstition became a very real part of Edna's life. When she
was a child and there was a thunderstorm, her mother would push her
under the stairs, and these experiences only went to ingrain fear in
her as a child and into the following years.
She
went to Sunday school as a child and even became a Christian when she
was a teenager. Yet the fear that came from her childhood stayed with
her.
Edna
read horoscopes in an effort to find some security, but they only went
to reinforce the fear. She got married and then found she was plagued
with nightmares in which she would dream of the world coming to an end
and her being left alone.
Fear
gripped me, she later testified. Indeed so bad was it that she would
walk the streets, unable to sleep.
On
one occasion her husband was out for the day and a friend invited her
to meetings at a local Congregational Church where a well known Christian
Leader was speaking. At the front of the church, on the wall,
she saw a Bible text referring to “the sins of your forefathers” and
Edna just saw the word “Mum” over it.
Following
the afternoon meeting Edna received prayer for deliverance from the
fear and the nightmares. She testifies, “A whole weight lifted away
from me. I forgave my mother and was cleansed.”
Immediately
after this her husband took her away on a holiday to Jersey , where
they, of course, flew. For the first time she was no longer plagued
by the fear that had dominated her life. She was free.
Today
Edna has a real concern for children who, like her when a child, take
on the fear and the superstition of their parents. She has now been
a Christian for 57 years, living on her own since her husband passed
away in 1991.
Today
she has a living vibrant faith, secure in Jesus' love, and free from
all fear and superstition. She'll often be heard to say, “I fail the
Lord sometimes, but he never fails me.” Such is the love and security
that she has come to know. What a transformation from that fearful young
girl. How wonderful!
Edna's
story, although short, reaches out to those of us who have been ensnared
by superstition and fear. She came to realise that God was there
for her, His love reaching out to her, and so she had nothing to fear.
If
you have fear dominating your life, then allow God's perfect love to
come in and transform you. If you need to be convinced of His
love, go to the main Contents Page of the Resources section of this
site and read through the pages on God's love. He loves YOU and is there
for YOU. May you come to know that wonderful love and come to know the
assurance and freedom that accompanies it.
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