Kristie had lost her daughter in a custody battle and was at the end of her rope. She went on a tour of the US, by hitchhiking. At one point she decided to end it all. She took an overdose of pills and drank a bottle of liquor. But was amazed to wake up with only a headache the next day. She knew right then that God had a plan for her life.
She made her way back home to only find herself frustrated with her situation and life. It took months before God got us back together again. I found her a day before a Gospel Truth Seminar that was going to take place near her home. I was going to the seminar and invited her. She accepted. Kristie was born again. But she did not know what the next step was in her walk with God.
Kristie came to the seminar and soaked up God's Word. In the morning seminar I went to with her, they did an altar call for baptismal of the Holy Spirit. She decided to do that! She got baptized with the Holy Spirit and it became the catalyst of change in her life!
Within a month of the seminar she started going to a local church, for bible study, and to give back to the community. She volunteered and ran the church's clothing center. Next, God made a way for her to get out of her toxic relationship of sin that she had been living in. That sexual relationship out of marriage had been keeping her from really letting go and leaning on God...and healing her broken heart! She was in desperate need of healing! The landlord found out she was living there in the apartment and she had to leave. God parted the red sea and she found peace to leave.
Kristie stayed a little while with a friend and then had to find a shelter to live in. There are not many places that help women in Atlanta, unless you have kids, are an addict, or are abused. She stayed in a really scary one for a while, and someone asked her to come to a church near by that had some food. God was about to bless her again! The man brought her to a church whose pastors took her in, gave her a place to stay until the Salvation Army could take her, and even sponsor her (10 dollars a day) for her to stay there at the SA.
Now Kristie volunteers at their church and is changing other people from the street's lives on a daily basis. She serves bagels every morning, offering them up with a smile, a kind word, conversation, and concern for those she serves! She is blessing those around her with all she has, God's love and a smile. She may not have much, but she gives all that she has.
Kristie is still growing in God and He is really changing her heart on a daily basis. She has been able to love people who have yelled at her in line, and still show them mercy and grace. Which is nothing she would have done before being set free by the Holy Spirit. Kristie's life is an ongoing testimony...of my sister, I will keep you updated on. Keep Kristie in your prayers and she continually seeks God and looks to God to transform her life and those around her! I pray she will be able to see her daughter, too.
