Hello dear you,
My name is Barjoluc and I would like to share with you how I became a Christian.
I was born in Berlin, I was raised by an atheist Family and just to escape from any pain in my life I was living for my goals. And I couldn’t help admiring heroes of the music industry like Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna and Elvis Presley. I was thinking of them as if they were Gods. I was looking up to them and I was trying to copy their way of life! I wanted to become like them, I’m now really sorry for that because it caused my family and friends a lot of harm. I tried everything to make a career! But I didn’t look after others.
I came to England and moved to Bath because I wanted to follow my strong longing to live in the country I love so much, make a record and keep working as an actress. But I was struggling a lot after I arrived, I couldn't make a living and I was really worried. I was about to move to London when a friend gave me the advice to first better get reconnected to where my soul comes from.
She said that I would get guidance then and also that I would learn about my purpose. That sounded like what I needed. But she didn’t tell me how do to so, she said, this would be something I need to find out myself. So I was trying different things to find a way to get reconnected to the source of my soul. I started with hugging a tree, then I got kissed by a cow, then I tried to get to the nearest stone circle as soon as possible but nothing really worked.
At the end of that research I sat down on a hill in Bath, gazed at the last bits of the sunset, looked at the clouds and asked them “How can I get reconnected to where my soul comes from?” I was literally waiting for a sign.
Then, suddenly, I heard some people speaking German coming out of the bushes behind me. I was wondering whether I was really hearing people speaking in my mother tongue in the middle of the nature in England at the beginning of the night... And then a young woman said “Hi” to me. Sensing that this might be a special coincidence I switched into German immediately and started a conversation. They were three people, father, mother and their daughter in her twenties. They were on holiday in Bath to visit their aunt who is married to an Englishman and lives in Bath with her young family. I also told them what brought me to Bath and why life was pretty difficult at the moment so that I would move to London this week even though I wouldn’t be quite sure yet where to exactly. Straight away they told me that they would have a relative in London as well who could certainly help me, she would work as a film producer and would know the actors of the Harry Potter films and... this was the moment when I totally forgot about my question I’ve just put towards the sky... Quickly I handed them my business card over. Very kindly they wanted to give me the producer’s phone number as well but I would need to come with them to their house, they said, as they didn’t have the number on them just right now but their son in the house would. I now love this moment so much because back then I didn’t know God yet but still He knew me so well that He knew that if I met any strangers in the middle of the nature even at the beginning of the night I would go and follow them to any place on earth if they had a wonderful business contact to offer. But just before we were on our way back to their place the mother felt the need to say one more thing - full of enthusiam: “Oh and by the way, we are Christians.” She waited for my response. I didn’t quite know what to say, so I said “OK”. The next thing she asked me was if I knew about any Christian activities in Bath. I was wondering what to say... After a few seconds which felt like an eternity I eventually remembered a Christian artist I recently met so luckily I could say “Yes, I know some people who are involved...?” It seemed to be the right answer as I then found myself walking with them back to their sister’s house.
When I entered the garden of their house the first thing I saw was a mesmerising camp fire. Oh I love camp fire so much! It was even the first time ever that they lit it as they told me later... what a night! Then I was given the film producer´s number by the son and when I was just about to leave I was offered a drink by his sister and invited to stay which was really nice. The next thing I knew is that she and I were jumping together on the trampoline under the stars next to the campfire to some Christian music playing in the backround...
And bouncing up and down, I couldn’t help asking her: “How come you are so happy about being a Christian?” So she then started telling me all these stories about miracles that happened to her after she prayed to Jesus who she believes is alive and the Son of the living God. She explained to me that she couldn’t think of the miracles as coincidences as she discovered her prayers to get answered so precisely, personally and sensibly that she has become sure that there was someone listening to her who not only really cares about her but who can also make everything possible.
I got rather excited and I couldn’t hear enough. So we joined the others around the fire...The friend of her for instance who travelled with her and her family shared some amazing testimonies about healing miracles with me. He said that he would often pray for people on the streets who are looking a bit ill and even if they don’t believe in Christ it happens that they get healed instantly. One story for example I was really hit by was about a man with a hurt leg who was walking with a stick and couldn’t move forward without feeling pain. But after the young Christian prayed three times for his leg to be healed in the name of Jesus, he then suddenly could jump up and down on his leg without having any pain! That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard in my whole life! I was also told another incredible story by the English brother-in-law that night. He shared with me that when he was a child he got hit by a ball on his thumb pretty badly which then got really swollen so he got seen by a doctor straight away. There he got a bandage but his mum still wanted to go to church with him and receive prayers. First the priest asked him: “Do you believe that Jesus can heal your thumb?” And the boy answered: “Yes.” When the priest then prayed for him, the young boy saw his swollen thumb plopping back into his natural shape leaving a bandage which was suddenly way too big. When the child’s doctor heard about that during the next check-up, he started believing in God again and went back to church.
I was so thrilled to hear all these wonderful stories about miracles that happened after people prayed in the name of Jesus that I couldn’t help falling in love with Jesus and I realised that He really is the living God. Only then I dared to tell the family that I was not just sitting on that hill to enjoy the sunset earlier on but that I was actually putting a question to the clouds just before I had met them... the question “How can I get reconnected to where my soul comes from?”
Everybody was speechless and praised God for his perfect timing. We then prayed together while I was having a vision of Jesus being at the centre of the universe. On this evening I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus Christ as He was the answer to my question. He died for me and my sins so that I can go back to God our Father in Heaven after my life on earth and also so that I can be reunited with God now and live in a wonderful relationship with Him during my life on earth.
With him, our creator who loves me and you more than we can ever imagine and who has got a genius plan for each one of us. And now I’m eventually ready for God’s plan for me. From that night on, my life, my heart, my mind and all my priorities have changed. I wouldn’t have ever been able to make that change myself, the Holy Spirit wonderfully and supernaturally transformed me so that I now live in a loving relationship with God which is the best that has ever happened to me. Since then God has continuosly sorted out my life - He has been massively improving my life - in terms of my job situation, living situation and especially when it comes to relationships and friendships. God heals, restores and blesses. All I need to do is to follow His guidance and keep receiving His goodness and love through prayer and spending time with Him and reading His word the Bible. God would love to have a personal loving relationship with every human being. If you haven’t got a personal relationship with God yet would you like to ask Jesus into your life and start living as a child of the Most High? :) Thank you for reading! God bless you! <3