Page’s Testimony

This ministry is 100% in partnership with my wife. Through fifteen years of marriage it has been an honor to bear witness to her walk with Christ. Sure we’ve had some rough patches over the years (There’s at least a small chance I was to blame for some of those), but I can’t imagine a more Godly woman to share my life with, and to be the mother of our two sons. I am so happy she has agreed to share her testimony in this post. I’ve been a firsthand witness to many of the things you will read, and I have no doubt it will have as profound an impact on your life as it has on mine. So, without further adieu, my wife Page.

My name is Page and I want to share a piece of my story, not because it’s easy to tell, but because it’s a story of God’s redeeming power. I was raised in a home filled with addiction. My parents struggled with drugs and alcohol, and as a result my childhood was marked by instability, fear, and a deep aching sense of loneliness. We were poor financially, but also emotionally, and spiritually. Growing up I had very little confidence. I never felt like I belonged. I never thought I was enough, and I certainly didn’t believe there was a plan for my life.

The day before my 15th birthday I was in a car accident. I walked away from it, but something inside me shifted. That night I felt like God was trying to get my attention. The very next day, on my 15th birthday I gave my life to Jesus Christ. That moment changed everything. I didn’t just find religion, I found rescue. I didn’t just find a church, I found a Father. I didn’t just start a new life, I received a new identity.

Romans 8:15 (NIV) says,“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.” God adopted me. He pulled me out of the darkness of my past and called me His own. He began to rebuild what was broken inside me brick by brick. He gave me confidence not in myself, but in Him. The One who created me on purpose for a purpose.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) has become a life verse for me. It says “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope.” Now after 23 years of walking with the Lord I can say I am no longer the scared, insecure girl I once was. I am a woman of confidence, not because life  has been easy, but because God has been faithful.

Psalm 139:14 (NIV) reminds me, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” That truth silences every lie I believed growing up. I know who I am, not because of where I came from, but because of whom I belong to. So if you’ve ever felt too broken, too far gone, too forgotten hear this. God sees you. He loves you. He has a plan for your life.

I am not a product of my pain. I am proof of His promise.

Thank you,

Page Johnson