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9th August 2011 by MORE

My spiritual journey began when I was born. I was raised in a Christian family and going to church every Sunday was just a part of life. So I came to church pretty much because I had to, not because I wanted to. And despite all this I knew that God was real. I believed it all but I didn't really have a relationship with him – I wasn't quite ready to willingly put my life completely in his hands. 

Over time I started becoming closer to God but I still wasn't completely in it, until, when I was 14, I went to discovery camp and everything changed. On what was known as Cry Night, we were asked if we didn't know God and if we wanted a relationship with him, then all we needed to do was ask. I didn't believe it could be that simple, but I was wrong. That night I decided to give my life to him. I didn't think it would make so much of a difference by simply asking God into my life, but it did. It had a major impact on me. And of course he didn't stop there. He worked on me over time – making me all that he intended me to be. And eventually at another Salvation Army camp at the start of this year, there was talk of soldiership and I felt as if God was telling me to go for it even though I had never intended on becoming a soldier. So I tried to ignore it as much as possible because it wasn't in my plan but obviously it was in his.

So when I came back to my corps there was talk of soldiership and some of the ladies at church asked if and when I'd become a soldier and I was like "Woah, I gotta get my life in order first". I thought I was not good enough for this and most soldiers seem to have everything together. But I'm happy to say that I was wrong again. I realised that I didn't have to have it all together because in Ephesians 2:10 it says that we are all God’s masterpiece and he will continue to work on us.

None of us are perfect, but if we give him control of every aspect of our lives, then he will continue to work on us and make us his masterpiece. So that's what I did, I gave him control and just went with him on this one. And over the past couple of months, everything has seemed to come together. Everything has just fallen into place and when faced wih a challenge, I just handed it over to him. And that is why I have become a soldier, to outwardly show the covenant I want to make between God and myself; to show that I want to make God the centre of my life and walk with him in my journey and not just walk by him.

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1. 

   Stormey McDougall

   August 09, 2011 at 7:38pm

   That is super inspiring

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   Amanda Hung

   August 10, 2011 at 9:50am

   This is awesome Heidi!
   Love what God's doing in your life!

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   Heidi Starr

   August 10, 2011 at 5:46pm

   Thanks guys, your encouragement means a lot (:

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   Jessicaa Thornton

   August 11, 2011 at 11:43am

   you go heidi!!!!! I truelly believe that this will encourage any teenager whether they have a relationship with God or not!

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   Heidi Starr

   August 12, 2011 at 10:57pm

   Thanks Jess (: well that was my plan, tell my story and hopefully in some way He will speak to others through my words (:

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