Lazy, feeling down, willing to die
January 6, 2012 | By: Cristiane Cardoso | Posted in: Beauty, Behavior, Children, Family, Recommendation, Spiritual Growth, Strength, V-Woman
Dear Cristiane,
I’m 15 years old and am almost 10 years in the church; however, I’ve only really woken up to the faith in the last few months (unfortunately). I have so much to write about, but what I really want to say is what the Holy Spirit has done through your book ‘The V Woman’. Beginning with the fact that I used to be so lazy. I was always feeling down and tried to kill myself a number of times (I’ve lost count the times I tried using knives and razors). Once I even tried to throw myself off the window. I hated myself so much that I stopped taking care of myself and gained 40 pounds.
This last Fasting of Daniel, that happened last month, I said to myself: ‘It’s now or never!’ and I began to read your book. Little by little, my strength began to grow, and things that I couldn’t do before, I began to do, even pray. I got the strength to take care of my spiritual life and myself.
Everyone is shocked at how much I’ve changed; they say I’m a new Karol.
On the last day of the year, I decided to do something I had never done before (just to practice that chapter you talk about V Women taking initiatives, I learned it ha-ha!). I prepared breakfast in bed for my parents and to my surprise, they thought I was sick! My mother even asked me ‘Are you alright?’ All I could do was laugh for my father had asked me the same thing earlier.
Now I wake up before everyone in the house, fix my room, get myself ready and beautiful, check out my sister’s room and even the bathrooms. I make time to pray and seek God, and I occupy my mind with things that add to my life, especially the Bible.
I’m becoming a V Woman!
Oh and I almost forgot… before reading the book, I had given up a dream I used to have in serving God on the Altar. Well, I’m glad to say that dream is mine again, and this time, it’ll become a reality soon.
Thank you for letting the Holy Spirit use you to help me get out of the rut I lived in. May God bless you more!
In faith,
Karol de Souza
Dear Karol,
I was so happy to read your comment that I decided to post it as a blog here. It’s good to know that a simple book can be used by God to change a life, now imagine how much God can use you to change others? You can make a difference in the world just do what this book did to you to others through your life.
Thank you too!
Isaiah 7
PS. Today I’m travelling to Israel with our V Woman and Sisterhood groups and will be posting daily pictures through my twitter. In case you don’t follow me yet, please do so @CrisCardoso. I hope I can continue posting blogs here daily, especially where I’ll be doing it from but in case the Internet there does not help, I’ll make sure to prepare everything so that in my return, I write everything that God spoke to me while ‘I was away’ here.
Cristiane Cardoso
Author of the books "Better than a new pair of shoes", "V woman" and "Casamento Blindado" (Bulletproof Marriage). Founder of "Godllywood" and "Rahab Project". Presenter of "The Love School" at Rede Record.
Hello Mrs Cristiane,
I wanted to tell you that I cannot read your book because I feel that your actions lack humility. Sometimes even when I read your posts in the FiA magazine, they come across quite aggressive. You also come across to me as a proud person. I don’t know if that pride is due to the fact that people despise or criticize the UCKG. So it’s like you want to prove them a point. You also give me the impression to want to provoke people to jealousy purposely. It is like your response to people’s attacks. I am not writing this to you because I am jealous of you. Not at all. I am the type of person who fights not to get evil thoughts to come to her mind, but I really want you to know how you can sometimes come across. Because I really have difficulties to read what you write because how you provoke in a certain way. I thought honesty is better than silence.
I’m sorry you feel that way about me and you see me in that light. May God who truly knows me show you who I am someday.
I am really happy for you Karol and may God use you as He used Mrs. Cris so you can help others wherever you go. God bless.
Very inspirstional testimony indeed, The spirit of God can do wonders all we nid is to give our entire life to him. We have to be willing and make the decision. May God keep u strong in ur faith Karol. The V-woman is really a must have for women, i’m busy reading it and has been talking to me through this book.
Mrs Cris have a safe trip and do enjoy it. May God bless u more for allowing ur self to make a difference in the lives of many women around the world.
From Windhoek- Namibia
Honestly, this is a real blessing and it just shows that many times people think that just because you’ve been in the church or grown up in the church it means your saved. there are many who go and are litteraly spiritually dead or asleep, but because Karol wanted, she had to make a decision and through her decision it brought her to a new life which can help many young women today..
PS. I MUST READ V-WOMAN!
Dear Cristine
I been reading your book God has been showing me the things that I have to improve and change it’s been a blessing to my life and my family because they benefit from the improvement that I made as a wife and mother my husband sow me when I was reeding it and he notice the change that if I do something wrong he ask me to go and read the v woman book to remaid me to be a woman of God
Thanks God bless you
Amen for sure God uses everything and everyone..
Thank you for sharing..
I love this testimony very inspirational and Karol I will be praying for you because God indeed want to use you and you made the right choice by giving yourself totally to Him. And there is something that you said that I too re gain and is a true blessing from God.
Have a nice and safe trip. Can’t wait to see the pictures and hear the messeges that you will post on your blog.
aww how strong! Grew up in the church and only got to know God from the V-woman book! Go in your faith future pastor’s wife!