Billy and Naomi

Taken December, 2006

 

 My name is Naomi Nudd. I am the 4th born of the Nudd family. I enjoy crocheting, sewing, cooking, talking with friends, etc. Most importantly, I enjoy spending time with Him--the One who makes it worth it all. Below is the story of how He saved me. I hope it is a blessing to you. If you have any questions, or just want to say hi, I would love to hear from you! Email me at: psalm108.13(at)gmail.com (remove the paranthesis and type in @ instead. I do this so spammers don't find me...I hope!) I don't update this page, but you can read my blog. The link is above.

 

 

How God Saved Me

I was born into a Christian home. We were always in church every service, and my parents made sure to teach us about the Lord. When I was 3, I said a prayer (which I remember nothing about, my Mom told me all that) which I went on for most of my life. In September 2004, just before I turned 17, my brother Samuel told me he had gotten saved that morning. I was naturally shocked, and wondered how that was possible. I mean, he was the most religious of us kids, acted the most like a Christian, and I was like of all of us, he’s the least likely one to be unsaved. I started thinking and wondering about if I was really saved or not, and it really started bothering me. That Sunday was Homecoming at our church, and our guest speaker was Johnny McGill from the Victorious Valley Home for Girls. He preached a powerful salvation message, and it was through that message I realized I wasn’t saved, God was working in my life, but I wasn’t ready to make that step and go forward. A week later, I made another profession, but it was one out of fear, and I wasn’t really under conviction. I started having a lot of doubts and fears. I would wake up in the middle of the night so scared that the Rapture had happened because the house was so quiet. It just seemed too quiet. Eventually I started having horrible fears about dying and going to hell, fears that God wasn’t going to deal with me again and that I was lost and condemned forever, etc. I was miserable, I wanted to attempt suicide, but God’s grace took over, and I was so scared of going to hell, I just couldn’t do it. In Dec. 2004, I made another profession that wasn’t really real either, but I told everyone I had gotten saved, etc. By January, I was still really struggling with doubts and fears that I just decided to give up in my search for God, and start living like the world. I got into so many things behind my parents back, things they had tried to shelter from us, but I still managed to get involved as much as I could without my parents finding out. I had already decided to come to Crown College, that decision was made the previous summer before all this started. But I was not sure how I could live like the world down there and get away with it. I had plans to join the Army National Guard as soon as my first year at CC was finished, but God wasn’t finished with me yet. At Youth Congress in 2005, God started working in my life again, and I turned over a new leaf, and quit the things I had been doing that I knew were wrong. I still struggled so much over my salvation.  There was definitely something missing in my life.

In October of 2005, I heard a message preached in chapel by a CC Alumnus, Justin Hall. He preached on “Pretending to Be a Christian”. As soon as he told us the title of the message, I knew I was in for it. God really convicted me that I was lost, but I still didn’t go forward at the end of the message, even though He was prompting me to. I was so miserable, and for 3 days I really struggled with it. That Sunday night, I knew what I had to do, I had to go forward and talk to someone about the whole thing. I don’t even remember what went on that night, but I just remember sitting there and just waiting for the invitation so I could go forward. It finally came, I went forward and talked for a long time with a lady who took the Bible and showed me again how I could know for sure how to be saved. That night I prayed, and truly accepted Jesus as my personal Saviour. I instantly knew for sure I was saved, and couldn’t wait to call home and share the good news with them.

Since that time, God has shown me so much. He has used so many instances to show me that He is in control, and I need only depend and trust in Him. It's hard to trust Him in the hard times, but it is in those times that we are exactly where He wants us--realizing that we must depend on Him. It's easy to read our Bible, and pray and go about our day without giving Him another thought, but that's not enough. We must be completely and totally dependant upon Him. Without Him, we are nothing. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6