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Erlene Fleshman

Personal Testimony

Hello, my name is Erlene Fleshman. I grew up in a Methodist church where the plan of salvation was never preached. I joined the church at the age of 12 thinking that made me a Christian. I went through my teen years, married at age 20 still thinking I was a Christian but felt something missing. In 1972 I watched a Billy Graham Crusade on TV. I felt like he was preaching just to me. Crying I knelt on the floor and accepted Christ as my Savior. What had been missing in my life was found.

Not long after that there was a Lay Witness Mission at our church. The speaker said we needed to not only make Christ our Savior but also Lord over our life. When he gave the altar call, I practically ran to the altar. Imagine my joy when I realized my husband was at my side. God spoke to his heart also.

Reading my Bible, I had the strong urging that I needed to be baptized. My Methodist pastor couldn’t understand for I had been “baptized” at birth. But he arranged with a Baptist pastor to baptize my whole family. Coming up out of the water I felt clean and at peace.

I still struggled with several issues. I didn’t have the warm fuzzy father figure Pastor Danny always talks about. I found it hard to accept that God loved me unconditionally and was my Daddy.

Romans 8:28 says “and we know that all things work together for good to them who love God, to them who the called according to his purpose.” The past few years have really been hard for me health-wise. I had back surgery in 2007and another on April 1 of this year. Complications have made me basically homebound. Time and time again God has shown me His love and care. He has gone before me and prepared the way and I have finally realized He is my loving Daddy. That is worth all the pain I’ve gone through.

I don’t know what is down the road for me but I do know that I’m not alone. Romans 8:39 says nothing can separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus my Lord.

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