| Testimony of Kevin Birmingham Windsor Chaplain of Heaven's Saints M/M |
He loved me and he never directed his anger at me. My faith and his drinking led to a rift. I left home in anger and never lived there again. But, God in his mercy reconciled us. My dad, shortly before his death, came to know Christ. My life has been fairly straightforward. I studied photography and audio visuals. Upon graduation I worked for 20 years for the Baptist church, mainly with their mission board. Now I work in a local church directing the music, arts and technical programs. In the midst of that I married, had three wonderful girls, went to seminary and then God threw a big unexpected turn in my life – Heaven’s Saints. I had been on the back of a Honda once in my life. Now I am heavily involved in a prison ministry, hanging around with bikers and riding a motorcycle year round. Five years ago I would have never imagined this. Yet, God’s hand has been in it and being a part of Heaven’s Saints has been one of the greatest blessings in my life.. God has given me much, which as He pointed out so well in Luke 12, means he asks much of me. I have a lot to be grateful for and I thank God daily for His grace in my life. |
It lacked passion. All I did was recount a few facts, but not the emotions and feelings that lay behind those “facts.” You see, I am nothing without Christ in my life. I have nothing to boast about, nothing to call my own, nothing that I have accomplished. If there is anything worthy in my life, anything respectable, anything of substance, it is because of Jesus. I don’t know why God was able to get a hold of me so early. I don’t know why my life has proceeded as it has. I have done nothing to deserve God’s grace in my life. I learned a long time ago, that if I am going to ask the question, “Why me?” when things were going wrong, I had to ask that same question when things were going really well. So, what were those facts in my previous testimony: Well, my mom loves Jesus and she made sure I went to church. However, by the time I was 16 I knew there was no God, but God wasn’t going to let me go. My friends went to church and so I went too and when I was 17 He broke through my doubt and I surrendered my life to Jesus and I haven’t looked back since. My dad didn’t believe in God and he drank. There were dark moments growing up, but I was my father’s only child. |
Luke 12:48b “. . . Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given.” (NLT) When first asked to provide a testimony for our website, I wrote out a few stories about my life. They were alright, but after reading my story online I knew there was something wrong with it. At first I thought it was embarrassment. You see on one level my testimony is rather boring – no drugs, no alcohol, no jail time. I went to church, accepted Christ when I was 17 and I have tried my best to walk closely with God ever since. My testimony in the midst of so many of the others isn’t particularly compelling. But, I know that there is nothing to be embarrassed about. My testimony is mine and it is how God has worked in my life. To deny it would be to deny God. Then I thought that maybe my testimony sounded rather boastful. You know, “Look at me, I dodged a bunch of stuff and everything has worked just fine.”, which when it comes down to it, is just another form of embarrassment, and again to deny, or belittle what God has done in my life would be to deny my Saviour. Then, as I read other testimonies and particularly Bruce Potenza’s I recognized the problem with my testimony. |
right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. |
| Kevin, HSMM |
| Heaven's Saints M/M Windsor Ontario Canada |
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| JESUS IS LORD |
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