His palm is always wide open for me

When I was 10 years old, my girlfriend was transferred to my class. Bright, thin, quietly talking. Her name was Julia Rulenko. We had different companies then, so our communication did not particularly develop until in the 9th grade it was not put with me in one desk. I was wondering why she did not go to school on Saturdays, and in the dining room she gave me all pizza chips and sausages. Julia told me something about God, the Old Testament and the commandments. It was frankly not interesting to me, and I did not develop spiritual themes.

At that time I was fond of divination, spiritism, and so-called "white and black" magic. In my life began to happen scary, paranormal phenomena. I began to think more about God, about the other world, and once asked Julia where the souls of the dead are going. The answer shocked me: "When a person dies, his spirit returns to God, and he seems to be asleep. Until Jesus returns to Earth for the second time, there is no paradise and hell." Still, I remember how the birds sang on us The warm sun was shining and I sat shaking my eyes, realizing that my knowledge of God was zero. "Well, show me where it is written," I commanded. My girlfriend gave me the Bible and advised: "Begin with the Revelation".

Now I understand that it was the Holy Spirit who spoke through it. Prior to that, I began to read the Bible many times, from the book of Genesis, and each time fell asleep, not reaching the third chapter. That day I read the last book of the Bible in a couple of hours. It was a truly revelation for me. Since then, my world was no longer the same.

Next I found Exit and 10 commandments. God is one, alive, do not worship an image, do not pronounce the name of God in vain, holy day is Sabbath, not Sunday, do not lie, do not envy. It was new to me.

The next day I asked Yulia to her church. And again God knew for sure that he would strike his daughter. I got to the wedding ceremony. The level of beauty, celebration, mystery of the connection of the two hearts I watched with a dead breathing. Then I went to the youth, then into the Christian camp at Svityaz. And a year later, on December 18, 2004, together with Julia, at the same time, we gave our lives to Jesus, plunging into the baptistery of the Left Bank spiritual center.

Since then, I have gone through many tests. The rejection of my faith in the family, problems with the transfer of couples and exams from the Sabbaths, up to the threat of deductions. I remember Julia coming to me and we were praying before the rector's office, before I went to prove to him that the Adventists had the right not to attend the University on Saturday.

Very difficult tests were religious studies. The instructor started with the fact that the first people on earth are Ukrainians, that toilet paper is more valuable than the Bible, and in general, Jesus is not the Christ, but the messenger of Satan himself. Of course, I was not going to endure such a heresy and keep silent, and I earned myself a scrapbook in the magazine, along with a promise never to score. Each lesson began with the intimidation of disagreeing. I am angry at the teacher, but prayed for his heart and my appreciation for the subject. When the day of attestation came, the instructor took me off and drove out the door. In the end, he gave all the sentences. I opened my heart with a heavy heart. And I saw that I was charged by an automaton!

With husband and son

There was a lot more. And the lack of finance, and the issue of fidelity in tithing, defending its non-alcoholic principles. Spiritual falls and repentance. But my God shows me every day that He is with me and my family. That his palm is always open for my palm! And the Bible is still the only lamp of my leg. That's exactly what I'm going to do with my husband and we are learning our son.

With friend Yulia

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