{"id":63,"date":"2012-11-13T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2016-02-24T22:03:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T05:03:36","slug":"something-was-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/13\/something-was-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Something was missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"By<\/a><\/p>\n

We are always very heartened to hear how our tools help people gain a clear understanding of the gospel message. Sometimes, people spend their entire lives trying to live like a Christian without really knowing what that means. When they finally gain a proper understanding of the gospel, their lives are genuinely transformed.<\/p>\n

Here’s one such story.<\/p>\n

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At the age of 65, I have had a very blessed life. Having been raised by two hard working parents with only an eighth grade education, I have traveled the world, enjoyed top level leadership roles in a very large corporation in a 35-year career, and been blessed with a great family.<\/p>\n

But something was missing all along the way!<\/p>\n

While always conscience of God and faith, I was not taught about church, the Bible or scripture. I tried to be a believer without the appropriate background and understanding, probably not very well.<\/p>\n

This year I have joined a church, attended services regularly and tried to get involved in church work. It has felt better but I still didn’t feel like I was connected enough. And then you gave the book, By This Name<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n

Suddenly, I feel like I get it! I have read a chapter a night lately and I am learning stuff that a 65 year-old man should already know… but I simply didn’t know it. Along the road of my life, I didn’t get exposed to the right teachers or clergy, and I suppose that I “acted” as though I really did know.<\/p>\n

The book has connected things for me and has taken me to a Christian place that I have not been in before. I find myself re-reading sections days after I have focused on them. The way the author tells the story and connects it to the Bible makes it simple for me and I get it!<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n

Jeff*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(*Name changed as per GoodSeed policy.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are always very heartened to hear how our tools help people gain a clear understanding of the gospel message. Sometimes, people spend their entire lives trying to live like a Christian without really knowing what that means. When they finally gain a proper understanding of the gospel, their lives are genuinely transformed. Here’s one … Continue reading “Something was missing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,14,35,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-this-name","category-give-away-the-gospel","category-i-believe","category-testimonies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5030,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/5030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodseed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}