Valerie's Testimony

On Sunday 4^th July 1993 aged 52 years of age I went to my funeral.......

When I look back I think what a waste,   52 years gone by.  Why did it take so long to find the right road?

I had had a traditional upbringing – my parents sent me to Sunday School but they were not believers as we understand the word to mean.  I was married in church and my two sons were christened as babies in church.

When I was in my late twenties I started thinking about life in general  - what is it all about?: – what happens when you die?

I always believed that when you died that wasn't the end, I always believed there was an afterlife.

The reason for this was when I thought about the body – or the “Soft Machine” as it is sometimes called, I was not prepared to believe that something so wonderfully made that say after 3 score year and ten, you died and that was it.

We are made of iron, carbon,calcium,lime some salts, phosphorous, sugar, iodine plus other bits and pieces.

263 bones

600 muscles

970 miles of blood vessels

20,000 vibrating hairs that pick up sound

10,000,000 nerves in our bodies

20,000,000 little mouths that suck out the goodness from our food

4200 heartbeats an hour

So this hearing/smelling/touching/tasting/seeing machine – why should it be gone at death?

I wouldn't want to throw away something that was so cleverly constructed.

So with these thoughts in mind I started to search for the answer – I wanted to know what my future was going to be.

From my early thirties on my search I got involved in looking into all things occultic – astrology, tarot cards, palmistry. crystals, spiritualism and even visiting mediums.

With regard to visiting mediums, the future events which they predicted did come to pass; e.g. I was even told the name of the man I was to marry.  If when visiting mediums you were told things that never happened obviously you would not keep paying for these consultations; but Satan is very clever and some of what you are told does happen.

With regard to palmistry; palmists have been able to read my life story from lines and crosses as they refer to the markings on your palms and again with some degree of accuracy.

Tarot readings have proven to be correct in some areas.

With regard to astrology, I studied this in a serious way, and was able to draw up natal charts from birth dates, times and places of birth; using an ephemeris which places planets in the correct houses as they are called which then goes on to predict personalty traits and the timing of significant events in your life span.

I have seen in Spiritualist services ectoplasm and the faces and voices of mediums change.

Believe me evil spirits are at work in this dark world.

If anybody at this stage would have questioned me about spiritual matters I always described myself as Agnostic with a capital “A”. I wanted to believe, I wanted to know the future but I needed proof.  My arrogant answer would be “Seeing is believing” I had not yet reached the stage where “Believing is seeing”.

When my eldest son met his partner, naturally the families met and his partner's mother Susan asked me on one occasion “Do you believe in God?” I said I believed in an afterlife.

Over some 20 years as I say I had been involved in all these occultic disciplines.  I had done much reading with regard to these subjects. I had even read the Bible but as a reference book and was surprised to discover that it not only mentioned the nativity, crucifixion, resurrection and other stories you are told as a child but surprise surprise it was a history book, a poetry book, a love story, and for me wow it was a prophetic book.

When Susan asked me if I would be interested in going to a church with her (I learned later she was a backslidden Christian)  I agreed.

She asked which church I would like to go to, and really out of curiosity I mentioned Mount Olivet in Lytham, only because it was a building to me which looked the least like a church.

Over the months I attended this church I was convicted and felt terrible, scared and realised what I had been involved in.

It was pointed out to me from Leviticus 19:31:-

“Regard not them that have familier spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God”

During this time someone lent Susan a video by Hal Lindsay –  who is an American evangelist and christian writer and zionist. The video was called The Late Great Planet earth; which we watched together.

I was totally amazed, the Book of Revelation which I had always been drawn to was explained in great detail. My spiritual eyes were suddenly opened – it was as if the Lord was saying to me – Valerie you want to know the future, the future is recorded here in scripture in great detail.  I was taken from predictions to biblical prophecy there and then. It all made such sense. I was overwhelmed. I at last saw the truth of scripture, and at last I was believing and and therefore seeing and knowing what the truth was.

So  what had the Lord showed me – the Bible told me much about the imminent future of this planet.  In the midst of an out of control generation, it reveals a grand design that's unfolding exactly according to plan.  The rebirth of Israel. The threat of war in the Middle East. An increase in natural catastrophes. The revival of Satanism and witchcraft. These and other signs foreseen by prophets from Moses to Jesus foretell the coming of an antichrist - of a war which will bring humanity to the brink of destruction and of incredible deliverance for a desperate dying planet.

So at the age of 52 I knew there was only one thing to do I repented of my sins asked the Lord to forgive me and obeyed the scriptures by announcing to my family that I was born again and I was going to be baptised.

There is not the time to share over the last 16 years the God incidents that have happened to me but they are real, encouraging and comforting.

Just before I close  I would just like to say that at the start of this testimony when I mentioned the importance of how I reviewed the human body leads me to think about the 12^th February this year which is the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday. Much will be said and written in the press about evolution – but only men and women are physical, biological and spiritual  beings, created and made in the image of God; animals are only physical and biological they are not spiritual beings even some scientists say that we cannot possible have evolved from the animal kingdom.

I will end with these  words from Psalm 139:-

v.14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.”