I grew up in a Christian family, in Ste-Anne-Des-Monts in the Gaspésie area of Quebec, but that doesn’t mean I was born a Christian! I stole, lied, and hid my brothers and sisters’ toys to make them cry. I tried to convince myself that I was a “badass” because I didn’t want to accept that I was a sensitive little girl who had nightmares about everything and who cried too easily.
In 2018, at the Joie de Vivre (Joy of Living) Camp, during cabin devotion time, I asked how to know if you are saved. The assistant counsellor told me that the Bible says, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.” I already believed that but I wasn’t sure of my salvation. To make sure I was saved, I accepted Christ once again.
In 2021, around the age of 11, I started praying to God more often (but like the people of Israel in the Bible only when something was wrong.) When I was 12, I became a great novel reader and video gamer and neglected my Bible.
On December 6th, 2022, I asked God for forgiveness for neglecting him and I asked Him to free me from my addictions of reading novels and playing video games. He gave me the strength to stop and I didn’t touch this game again nor a novel for a long time. God then gave me a thirst to read the Bible every day with very few exceptions. By July 25, I had read the entire Bible.