Baptism Testimonies: Sojourn’s Cindy Watson

We will celebrate another Baptism Sunday on May 16.  If you would like to take this important step in identifying with Christ and His bride, email baptism@sojournchurch.com by Sunday, May 9.

And now, Cindy Watson tells the story of her salvation, which led to a recent baptism at Sojourn Gathered:

Before Christ my life was pretty typical of someone that considered themselves a Christian without knowing fully what it means to be a Christian. I was raised in a loving, hard working family that thought we didn’t need to go to church on Sunday because we believed in God. I attended Sunday school on occasion, then on a whim was baptized at age 12.

I had a good childhood and a somewhat rebellious teenage life, but nothing earth shattering. I now realize this was by the grace of God. I always felt something was missing, not quite right. I began going to church regularly after I met and married my God sent soul mate of 35 years Tony. Our life was busy with four children and work. Going to church was just another thing to check off at the end of the week that I/we had managed to fit in. Then I fell into the pattern of finding excuses not to go. I’m too tired, it’s my only day off, God will understand. And He did.

When I cried out in the middle of the night for His help He was always there for me. Christ in His mercy pulled me from the deepest, darkest clutches of depression. When I didn’t want to live He showed me that I was to live for Him. My daughter Heather invited me to Sojourn a little over a year ago. I began attending regularly and found myself being drawn deeper and deeper into questions about what I truly believed.

I always said everything happens for a reason, now I know why. I couldn’t get through a service without coming to tears. I felt heavy hearted and renewed all at the same time. I new it was the work of Christ in my life. After going through membership classes, meeting with Mike Crowe and attending the Alpha Group I realized that being a Christian wasn’t about me. It is about Christ. About making Him the center of my life and letting Him be in control.

Being a Christian defines WHO I am not what I am. There is still much work to do, but I know that with Christ as my savior I will continue to grow in His grace and follow where He leads me. There is a calm peace inside that I never knew before coming to Christ, and an excitement I didn’t realize I could still have. I am ready to make this commitment to Christ public before my family and my Sojourn family.