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that whatever that might be, it would probably continue to follow us
throughout our life until we turned around and met it head on and
walked through it. At that moment I knew the biggest issue in my life
would be my marriage. I decided I would return to Fred with a
different attitude, looking at our difficulties more like an opportunity
for me to grow as a person. I came to believe that if I honored my
marriage commitment, it would work out better in the long run. It felt
like walking back into a raging inferno but I knew it was the right
thing for me to do. My marriage commitment became written in
stone from that day forward.

9 Hello Lord

Fred had always declared himself to be a Christian. Nothing I
could ever say swayed him from his conviction that Jesus was his
Savior. While we were separated, some of our friends began taking
Fred to their church. After we got back together, he asked if I would
like to go with him one Sunday. During our separation, I had begun
to meet with some Jehovah’s Witnesses who came to my door,
thinking perhaps they might have some answers to my “other body
experience”. They were nice people and very caring about my
questions. So, with my heart softened a bit by meeting with them, I
told Fred I would go to the church service with him.

It was an Assembly of God church. I was surprised by the joy
amongst the people as they sang, while clapping their hands and even
dancing around during the service. It was nothing like the stoic
church of my youth. I liked what seemed to be a carefree style and I
continued to attend with Fred for several months.

Then one Sunday the pastor made an altar call. The sermon
had stirred something inside of me (similar to the stirring I’d had as a
child in church). I didn’t want to go forward, yet when everyone had
left the sanctuary, I stood there frozen and unable to leave. Within a
few minutes I went to the altar and fell to my knees.