I am happy today because I don't operate in fear anymore, but rather in faith. As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I operated in the law of sin and death because my only motivation was fear. Fear only exists where there is no faith. I couldn't have faith in the God I'd been told about because I believed myself to be His enemy! But that day at my mother's house, God spoke to my heart and everything changed. I'd been "saved" for 22 years by then! But Satan had such a stronghold in my way of thinking, I was still in bondage to his lies.

I am only able to receive all that Jesus died to give me, because I finally realized I'd believed a lie about the nature of God. He's proven Himself in my life to truly be my REDEEMER! The little girl who was never allowed to celebrate a birthday is today a party clown for children’s birthdays....is that not awesome? The thief came and stole my childhood, but because of Jesus, God is restoring to me seven times what the enemy stole!

Are all of my circumstances great? No way! I have a son in jail, another son resents me and lets me know it....we have too many bills to pay and lots of aches and pains....but it's while in the midst of these kinds of painful situations that faith grows and we truly come to KNOW the awesome nature of our God, and no one can lie to me about Him again...ever!

My name is Pam Dickson, and I'm a HappyXWitness!
Valpariso, Indiana