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Testimony by Val Walton




Good morning everyone,

As you know on my Facebook page and on my twitter I am always encouraging everyone to share their testimony if they have one and Val emailed me hers and it was truly a blessing! Remember that in Revelation 12:11 it says that we overcome by the words of our testimony. I hope you are blessed as much as I was by it:

Hi,

My name is Val Walton. I saw your tweet about sharing my testimony, so I thought I would share.

I was a runner. I would train hard for races. I was up at the crack of dawn, training and running all over Birmingham, AL, for the October 2011 Marine Corps Marathon that I would ultimately run with a dear friend. I also was disciplined in getting my miles in for my half-marathon training and making my long runs.
God used an injury and 1 Corinthians 9: 24-25 and Acts 20:24 to show that I was like most runners devoted, disciplined and going hard after a crown through running that would not last and, before God, had no eternal value when I was not going just as hard or harder for the race that matters and has eternal value. My goal is to be like the apostle Paul to finish the race and task Jesus gave me to testify to the gospel of God's grace. I am now up early, sometimes at the crack of dawn, but I am now in God's Word to learn His ways, to know Him and to get my directions from Him for my day, my life. I am disciplined now to meet with The Lord at least twice a day, not to do daily runs. I now know I will have no physical bread before I get my daily spiritual Bread (Jesus). My interest in running has waned, but I am so excited that I am being prepared to make a short mission trip to share Christ’s love and the Gospel to orphans. I am in preparation to tell others about God's grace through Jesus crucified and resurrected. I can be successful in lots of things in the sight of man that have no real relevance other than to post on Facebook for likes and have the applause of fickle man. My reward is in heaven, not likes on Facebook. I realise now that it’s the eternal that matters, doing work to advance the Kingdom of God and to do the good work God ordained for me long ago! I am being transformed to be used for His glory, not mine.My soul sings to the Lord for removing the scales from my eyes! I am now in training for the Right race.

I am 48, about to turn 49 in October. I have never been married. It has not been easy to stay the course and trust while watching others appear to find love so easily, but I believe in my heart that I will get married to a true man of God. We will have a ministry to let people know that God's grace is indeed amazing.

May God continue to bless you Val as you work in ministry for the kingdom and wait on God and thanks again for sharing your testimony!

Raven
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  2. UnknownJanuary 03, 2017 2:12 PM

    Glad it was a blessing!

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