Raised in a Christian home with believing parents, I personally did not have my eyes
opened to the gospel until I completed my first year of college when I was eighteen
years old. When I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior such a love for Him filled
my being. The desire to give my whole life to Him led me to enroll in seminary. During
this time at school I met my husband and we were married. After graduation, upon completing
five years of study, the Lord brought me to a position on the staff of a Christian
college where my husband was studying in his final year before graduation. The Lords
loveliness and preciousness caused both of us to seek Him in the Word and in prayer
that we might know Him in a more intimate way. We prayed for the Lord to bring us
into fellowship with other believers who had the same eagerness to know and love Him.
Our desire for the Lord caused us to build a library of books from many, many authors.
Our busy school and work schedule did not permit us to read many of these. However,
reading one book entitled, The Normal Christian Life, by Watchman Nee, was
like opening a new door in my Christian experience. As I read the writings of this
author, my whole being was enlightened and I experienced such enjoyment as I began
to realize a deeper experience of the Lord. The enjoyment that filled me was so real.
I had never found a writer that conveyed such clearness of understanding and matched
such depth of the truth. As I continued to read more of his writings and later the
writing of his close co-corker, Witness Lee, I received such help in studying and
receiving the preciousness of the Word of God.
As I look back on my 35 years as a believer in Christ, I offer praise and thankfulness
to the Lord for these two brothers who gave their lives to know God and His desire
as revealed in His Word. But even more I am thankful that these riches were made available
to all believers through their writings!
C.R.
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