Vidia's Story
I was born
in a non-Christian household. God worked amazingly through my sister who went
to China (a country where claiming to be Christian comes with challenges) and
came to know Christ there. When she came back to Indonesia, she introduced Christianity
to me. Though I was only about 11 at the time, it wasn’t hard for me to believe in
the Christian doctrines which were a popular yet unfamiliar idea for me then. I
started going to church and spent time listening to my sister speak about Jesus
Christ, our Lord, Savior and Friend. I remember an
emotional night when I accepted Him as the savior of my life.
My
conversion was the last thing my dad ever thought would happen to me. He was one
of the senior members in the religious committee of my school. The conversion
of his two daughters was a shock, which caused lots of arguments. Dad would even run after me and my sister so he could stop us from going to church. Sundays were always intense, full of chasing, arguments and tensions, but I guess those made me appreciate and cherish every single time I could go to church. My struggle at school was also challenging. I would be called by the school principle and some teachers to be confronted about my decision to be Christian. Facing oppositions from my dad and the school about my conversion, I felt
God sustaining me the whole time. I was able to stay strong and stand up for my
faith.
I really don't want to sound like I've got Christianity all figured out. Because I haven't. I fail and stumble, a lot. And in the process of living a Christ-centered life, I'm always thankful for His grace that He's saved me who's not always faithful to Him, for His love that was proven on the Cross though He was sinless, and for His mercy that endures forever. My constant prayer is to be committed and disciplined in pursuing Him through everything I do. This blog is both a self-reminder and a tool to empower any one of you. Let's keep running this life race with eternity in mind!