My Search For The Truth, Testimony by S.G.

Growing up in the Jewish faith, I had little to no knowledge of Christianity. When I was young, I remember a leader at our synagogue saying that Jesus was the Christian’s Messiah, and that the Jewish Messiah wasn’t here yet, so we had to wait for him. My family wasn't very religious, so I soon realized that all the laws that we were supposed to keep weren't being observed. This left me with more questions than answers. Although I wanted to please God, I felt I had already failed and it wasn’t long before my synagogue attendance died off.In public school I was taught the theory of evolution, but I didn’t understand how Adam and Eve’s creation and this theory could coexist. I decided that I was agnostic, in that I thought God might exist, but I didn’t know for sure.As a teen my parents separated and I began having episodes of depression. I was put on medication and during this time I began having violent nightmares in which dark entities attempted to suffocate me as I slept. This was my