Merhabalar!

I was just wondering if there was anyone here who would feel comfortable translating a Christian testimony from English into Turkish. If so, please pm me and let me know!

Saol!

BayanG

Kimse mi?

if you write it here, people might give a try

Lüüüütfen! I really really need someone who fluently speaks English and Turkish to translate this for me if it is possible. I have been trying very hard, but it is sooo difficult and taking way too much time for the level of Turkish that I am at.

Please note that I am not posting this to cause any kind of religious debate or anything, I do not want to start any arguments, I would just like to have a translation so that Turkish friends and family of mine will be able to better understand this life changing decision. If you believe what is written or not, it does not matter, we all have the right to believe what we want.

Here it is...

Çok sağol!

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This is probably very unexpected, but it is too exciting to keep secret.

Today (7/11/201 I was baptized at Grace Church in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.

I had considered myself a Christian at the end of high school, but after going to college

and being influenced by false teachers, I had left Christ behind, which had lead me in the wrong direction in pretty much every aspect of my life.

After a while, I realized that living life without God was simply impossible and that no matter what, I had to find Him again. I needed to find that peace, happiness and meaning in my life that I had only known with Jesus Christ in my life. But being stubborn and still believing the false information that I had been fed before, I attempted to find God in many different religions of the world.

I studied religious texts and the teachings of so many different belief systems; so in depth, in fact, that I could surely discuss many of them with scholars and be able to quote and break everything down in the original ancient languages with the best of them.

Some I would study and try to practice, and it was clear that it was nothing for me. A couple of times though, I got quite taken away with with a certain religion; especially with Hinduism and then Islam; with Islam definitely having had the biggest grasp on me.

I really got into both of these faiths, at different times of course, and I tried to be the best of the best. I followed all of the rules as perfectly as I could, and as soon as I would learn something new, I would add that into my daily life right away. I cannot emphasize enough, how strictly I followed EVERYTHING. And why? Because according to the Quran or according to this Veda, or this Hadith or this Purana, doing these things will bring you closer to God, they will bring you peace and love, and everything positive that we all long for in our lives.

But let me tell you, none of it did any of that at all. I didn´t feel any bit of peace, I didn´t feel anyone love me at all. In fact, if anything, I felt more empty and alone than ever before. I would pray constantly. I would pray when whichever faith it was told me to pray, as well as on my own. I would pray and worship constantly, but instead of everthing getting better, I was just getting worse. My mental health wasn´t doing well at all, I was suffering not only from depression but from sleep paralysis and night terrors for the longest time, my involvement in these faiths, especially Islam, had a very VERY negative effect my relationships with the people around me, especially with my marriage. I can´t even tell you how horrible it all was. I mean, every aspect of my life was just getting worse and worse, no matter how strictly or perfectly I followed what I then believed to be the word of God.

But then, not too long ago, I was lying in bed and then it hit me. When was the happiest time in my life? And what prayers have I made that were actually answered? The answer was easy.

I was the happiest when I had had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Not only did I feel great all of the time, all depression and negativity had been completely erased from out of my life, but my relationships with people improved and became more positive and I knew what my calling in life was. After I had pushed Christ out of my life, that all fell apart and all of the depression and negativity came right back into my life and tore me apart. Anything that I had ever asked Jesus for, no matter if it was for myself or for someone else, just as He had promised, He answered them and they all came true. Not only did he take away my depression that I had suffered from back then, but he had goten rid of the migraines that I had been suffereing from as well. This time around, the first time I broke down and prayed to Him again, asking Him to forgive me and take me back, He made the back pain that I had been suffering from for over a year just disappear when it had been clear to me that there wasn´t any sign of improvemnt. When you talk to Jesus, you can feel Him right there next to you listening, and He comforts you or laughs with you or gives you whatever you need. No joke! The love and grace that you get through Jesus Christ is just amazing and truly indescribable. And all you have to do to get it, is sit down and talk to Him. Invite Him into your heart, invite Him into your life and the immediate change that you experience is absolutely amazing.

I could honestly write a novel about my, I suppose you could call, adventure, to finally find my way back to the one and only saviour of us all, Jesus Christ, but I will just leave it at that for now.

I just needed to share this important event in my life with everyone, especially today after being baptized. May God bless you all!

 Posted! Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully it will work

Still no one????

its long. maybe thats why anyone didnt translate. : )  if i good at english i´d tranlate for you but sorry i cant help. 

I loved your message. I truly know what you mean. And you are right, sometimes we have to question everything in life...maybe you will never find an answer in this life, that is why life is all about faith. maybe people can try to translate by paragraphs...try it again ..

God bless your life with lots of joy!

 Thanks Ayse