Editor's Note: The passage is the vision of a sister who used to be a prostitute. Now she has become a Christian and daughter of God. She is willing to spread the gospel of God even though she still cares about comments from other people. Her testimony and story are as follows:
(Continued: I, II)
An acquaintance of two sinners
I went back to Xiamen from Guangdong in December, 2007. I met with Yu in a QQ group. We often chatted online. I got to know that he graduated from Xiamen University. He worked hard and did several jobs at the same time.
We made an appointment to spend Christmas Eve together. On that day he took me to the church to see the Christmas party. It was my first time to the church. In the evening we were dating like a couple, and we began to live together. We didn't know that we were making a mistake.
The Bible says: Everyone shall respect marriage and the bed cannot be filthy. God will punish those who do obscene things.
He went to work every day, but I was always at home. He asked me why not go to work. I told him nothing. I didn't have the courage to tell him my secrets. I was afraid that he would look down on me. I decided to leave him.
I packed my luggage and told him that a friend introduced me to work in Foshan. Then I went to Foshan.
God's love and kindness
When I was in Foshan working as a prostitute, Yu often called me and asked me what I was doing. However, I didn't want to tell him.
Then he learned about my job from our common friend. I told him I was just a barmaid in a hotel. He said I should not indulge myself and advised me to leave the hotel. I refused his unreasonable requirements. To my surprise, he came to the hotel for me. He said that he had quitted his job in Xiamen.
We talked for a long time. He said he would take me out of darkness. He also said I should believe God and work hard with him. I decided to go with him.
We went to Shenzhen and started a new life. We rented a house and found new jobs. However, I gradually had no confidence in our future. My confidence in the future and the sense of security were still built on the money instead of God. So I often say malicious words to make him angry. I wanted to break up with him and get free.
I really couldn't accept the salary of the job during the day. I worked all day long but got less than two thousand yuan a month. I decided to leave him and continue to make money in the hotel in Foshan.
At that time I thought I should go back to make a sum of money so that we would start a business instead of working for other people.
He persuaded me to give up the idea, but I left him once again and returned to the original hotel. I hadn't thought about his feelings. I was so selfish and only cared about myself. I wanted to make some money and reward my parents. He couldn't meet my needs.
During Christmas, I went to accompany him in Shenzhen. On Christmas Eve, he took me to a small praising concert. A song named The Best Blessing in Life impressed me. The lyrics were as follows: The best blessing in life is to know God; the best blessing in life is to believe in God. When walking in mountains and valleys, God will accompany me.
We stood in the last row and my tears flew down. This song touched my soul.
Yu told me about the creation of God, the sin of people and the salvation of Jesus' cross. He also said that I should believe in Jesus and wait for the judgment on doomsday.
I couldn't fully understand his words and I went back to Foshan for money again .I deceived him that I would stay in the hotel until the end of the year, so I would have money to reward our parents during Chinese New Year. I promised I would come back and live a peaceful life with him.
He went to Xiamen, his hometown, during Chinese New Year, thinking that I would go from my hometown to Xiamen. However, I went to Foshan in advance. When he called me he found that I was using my phone number of Foshan. He knew that I deceived him again.
He persuaded me for several days. He also begged God to change my mind.
"Leave the place. You are degenerating. Your soul is going to hells." Yu told me.
"If God really exists, I need to be rescued by him. Now let God tell me if he exists and wants to save me. I am wearing a necklace. I will throw the necklace into the air and picked it. The negative and positive decide the result."
He agreed with my method and prayed God on the phone. After I threw the necklace, I was convinced that God was there and going to save me.
I hung up the phone and went to my own bed. Suddenly I saw that my sleeping roommates have become mummies. I was frightened and realized that my life would also be like this.
Psalm 23: He woke up my soul and guided me to take on the right track.
I hid in the quilt and called him. He comforted me and let me leave there. I immediately agreed to him. The next day he came from Xiamen to pick me up. I followed him back to Xiamen.
In February, 2009, we returned to Xiamen. He worked hard for our better life, but we only had enough to eat and wear. I couldn't find a job without a diploma. I thought I could do nothing but be a prostitute. I was not seeking or learning about God. Laziness was still deep-seated in me. Finally I decided to leave him in December and went back to the hotel in Foshan for making money.
When I was back to the hotel, my guests were not as good as before. I quarreled with a guest. He grabbed my hair and hit me.
I had never been abused like this. My friends comforted me and said we might meet any kind of guests since we are prostitutes. I realized that I had lost my dignity. In order to make money, I even forgot God.
As the Bible says, those who want to make a fortune are buried in confusion desires and ruins. Money is the root of all evil. When some people covet money, they are deviating from the truth.
One day I was accompanying a guest. I woke up due to a serious heart pain at 4 o'clock in the morning. My conscience was questioned in my dream. I sat on the bed and looked at the strange man beside me.
Why did I do such dirty things here? I remembered the roommates who looked like mummies at night. I thought of the song I heard in Shenzhen "Best blessing in life". The humiliation from the guests occurred to me. I cried and regretted.
The next day, I told him these things again. He comforted and persuaded me with patience. I would like to leave the darkness. He came to pick me up the next day. I couldn't wait to leave and packed up my luggage. Once again I returned to Xiamen.
Yu never leaves me. From his love, I could see that God still loves the sinners in the world. When I heard the chorus, I was deeply touched. My soul was awakened and my conscience was condemned.
God saved me several times, but I did not really understand God's guidance at that time. Later on, I continued to make mistakes. Rebellion and laziness were so deeply rooted in my heart.
To be continued.
编者按:这是一个曾为妓女的姊妹为主做的见证,她如今得蒙进入神的国,在被拯救后还参与了教会事奉,尽管她还在乎别人的眼光,但她也愿意不断为主传扬福音。以下为她的见证全文:
1、两个罪人相识
我再次休息从广东回到了厦门,在2007年12月我和宇在一个共同的朋友小乖她的QQ群里相识了。在QQ上聊天了解到他是厦门大学毕业,并且是身兼多份工作的积极上进的人。
我们约好一起过平安夜,在12月24日那晚我们第一次见面。见面后他带我去教堂看了圣诞晚会,这是我第一次去教堂。信仰对我一直以来是事不关已的存在,是宗教而已。当天晚上我们像情侣一样约会,也开始同居在一起了,在罪里的我们并不以之为错,便随从这世界了。
圣经说:婚姻,人人都当尊重,床也不可污秽;因为苟合行淫的人,神必要审判。
在同居的日子里,我一直没敢告诉他我是在夜总会和酒吧做陪酒女并且是妓女。在我们相处的日子里我觉得他和小乖有暧昧联系,他每天上下班,却看见我宅在家中不出去工作,便责问了我为什么不去上班,我什么也不告诉他,这是我的秘密我没勇气告诉他,怕他看不起我,我并不打算将自己的一生交给这个男人。在他责问我那晚我在洗手间痛哭,第二天便决定离开他。
此事不久,在2008年3月底我收拾好行礼,告诉他有朋友在佛山为我介绍了份工作,便去了佛山。我觉得我们已经分手,我不知道他怎么想的。
2、我的悖逆挡不住神不离不弃的爱
(第一次返回夜场,他第一次找我)
到2008年5月1日,我这时在佛山的一个酒店已经做了一个月的妓女,在这期间他时常打电话联系我,并逐渐发现了异常,寻问我做什么工作,为什么总是黑白颠倒,我却不想告诉他。之后他便从小乖那里得知了我的工作性质,而我却告诉他我只是在某某酒店做陪酒女而已。他说要来找我,说我不该那样堕落,应该从那里出来。我真是想笑,当自己是什么呢?他要钱没钱要房没房。我拒绝了他“无理”的要求,但怎么也没想到,他竟自己搜索着酒店地址找上门来,他给我打电话说已经在附近了,让我出来见他,他说他辞掉了厦门的所有工作,拿着行李来的,我不得已出去见了他。
我带他在附近安排了住宿,我们聊了很久。明知道男人是靠不住的,他也不是有钱人,带给不了我丰富的物质生活。他说我要离开黑暗,走正路,要相信上帝并和他一起努力奋斗,我竟答应他,决定和他一起走。
离开佛山我们去了深圳,开始新的生活,一起找房子住找工作。但在工作后渐渐让我对我们的未来没有信心了,我对未来的信心和生活的安全感还是建立在金钱上,并不是上帝那里,也不是他那里。所以我时常说恶毒的话气他,甚至有几次他哭了。我想把他气走,好和我分手,让我自由。
(第二次返回夜场,他第二次找我)
生活工作了几个月后,到2008年11月,我终于忍受不住生活的艰难,我白天工作的薪水实在让我接受不了,早出晚归辛苦一个月才拿不到两千块,不肯吃苦的我决定离开他回佛山酒店继续赚钱。我当时认为何不让我回去赚上一笔钱,这样我们就有资金做个生意开个店什么,也比现在给人打工舒服多了。我欺骗他说我只是陪酒,并没有也不会出台。他极力劝我却劝不住我。我留下他一人再次回到那个当初他带我离开的酒店,继续做妓女。我没有想过作为一个男人他当时的感受,我自私的只想着自己,还想要赚钱回报父母,他满足不了我这些需要。
后来没过多久到了12月的圣诞节,我提前请了假来深圳陪他过,平安夜他带我去参加了一个小型赞美音乐会,刚走到门口听到了歌声,那首歌是《这一生最美的祝福》,歌词是:这一生最美的祝福,就是能认识主耶稣,这一生最美的祝福,就是能信靠主耶稣,走在高山深谷,他会陪我同行……
我们站在最后排,在听的时候,我的眼泪莫名的流了下来。这首歌触及到了我心灵深处的需要。
他看到后,便在这两天给我讲了上帝的创造,人的堕落与罪,耶稣十字架的救恩,还有人要悔改信耶稣,末日和审判。我并不能完全理解,现实的生活摆在我眼前,我无法在意这些与我灵魂得救相关的信息。请的假结束了,我便继续回去赚钱。
离开时我欺骗他说只干到年底,让我好有钱回趟家孝敬父母,然后再来找你好好过日子。过年时我们都各自回到父母身边。年后他去了厦门,以为我会如约从家乡到厦门找他,但我提前去了佛山,刚到第一天,我们通电话中他发现我又用回了佛山的电话号码,知道我骗了他。
连续几天他都一直在劝我(并几天都在为我祷告,求神使我的心意回转),几天后凌晨2点多,我下了班在洗手间和他通电话,没台出的室友们渐渐都睡了,“离开那个地方不要再做了,这是在堕落在犯罪,你的灵魂在走向地狱和灭亡。”
“如果上帝真的存在,我需要被他拯救,那来验证一下吧!让上帝亲自告诉我,我脖子上刚好戴了个项链,我用项链坠子试试,向空中抛去用双手去接,正反面决定结果,如何?”
我固执的让他同意了我的方法,他在电话中为此祷告把这件事交给了上帝。当我抛完项链坠子打开看时,结果向我说明上帝是存在的,并要救我。(上帝是何等怜悯我这个罪人)
挂了电话的我想着刚才的事情,一边犹豫着要不要相信,一边从洗手间出来往自己的床铺走去,就在此时突然看到寝室里每个床铺上睡着的室友都成了一具具没有生命迹象的干尸,顿时恐惧立马向我袭来,之后突然意识到我也是这样的吗?这就是我的生命光景吗?
诗篇23篇他使我的灵魂苏醒,为自己的名引导我走义路。
我疯了似的爬到我的床位,躲在被子里给他打电话,告诉他刚才看到的事。他安慰我并让我不要再犹豫了,赶快离开那里,我立马答应了他。第二天他从厦门赶过来接我。我跟着他再次离开佛山酒店,回到了我们刚认识的城市厦门。
(第三次返回夜场,他第三次找我)
2009年2月,在这次回到厦门后,为了努力过好生活,我带给他的压力使他在世界中为了我们的生活拼命工作,拼命赚钱,但最后什么都不顺利,什么都没赚到,只够温饱。我没有学历找不到工作,认为自己除了做妓女真是什么也干不了,更没有寻求和认识上帝,好吃懒做的惰性仍在我身上,现实艰苦的生活我又过不下去。我抱怨他,带我出来断了我的财路,影响了我赚钱。
到了12月终于又决定离开他,不顾一切回佛山酒店赚钱。去追随了金钱。
当我回去继续做妓女时,他还是没有放弃我天天来电话劝我。而回到酒店后我遇到的客人却都没有以前的好,和客人起了冲突甚至抓住我的头发要打我。从我踏入这行以来,从我做陪酒女到妓女接到的所有客人以来,从没受过这种凌辱,尊严被言语践踏过,却也没有被动手打过。身边的人安慰我,说什么样的客人都有,做久了谁都会碰到的。我明白,决定做这行时,什么尊严都丢到十万八千里了,如今还介意这些做什么。为了赚钱连听说过的上帝也都被我抛到九霄云外了。
就像圣经里说的,但那些想要发财的人,就陷在迷惑、落在网罗和许多无知有害的私欲里,叫人沉在败坏和灭亡中。贪财是万恶之根。有人贪恋钱财,就被引诱离了真道,用许多愁苦把自己刺透了。
后来在一次我出台陪客人开房时,凌晨4点半,我的心脏被疼醒,良心在梦里被人指责,醒来后那种刻骨的疼依然清楚的感受。我坐在床上,看着身边陌生的男人,“为何我在这里做这种肮脏的事?我想起当初看到室友们那像干尸一样的生命迹象;想起在深圳听到的那首诗歌《这一生最美的祝福》;想起和宇在一起时他向我讲的耶稣,又想起前几天被客人的羞辱,我哭了,我后悔了。
第二天,我将这些又告诉了他,他又耐心地安慰和劝我,我也愿意再次离开罪恶,离开黑暗,他来接我的当天,我等不及到第二天办离职手续,便立马收拾好行李,从二楼的后窗户把行李扔给他,又翻过栏杆爬到紧挨的墙上跳了下去,他在墙外接住了我,再次回到厦门。
我从宇对我的不离不弃,看到了神对世上罪人不离不弃的爱。
(听到赞美诗被感动,看见罪人生命迹象的光景使我的灵魂被苏醒,受到良心的谴责而离开罪恶的道路。我几次悖逆,神就几次拯救我,但对于耶稣基督十字架的道路,那时的我没有真正理解。)
后来的经历又让我发现人的堕性与悖逆、顽梗竟是那样根深蒂固的在我里面。
见证:妓女进了神的国(三)
Editor's Note: The passage is the vision of a sister who used to be a prostitute. Now she has become a Christian and daughter of God. She is willing to spread the gospel of God even though she still cares about comments from other people. Her testimony and story are as follows:
(Continued: I, II)
An acquaintance of two sinners
I went back to Xiamen from Guangdong in December, 2007. I met with Yu in a QQ group. We often chatted online. I got to know that he graduated from Xiamen University. He worked hard and did several jobs at the same time.
We made an appointment to spend Christmas Eve together. On that day he took me to the church to see the Christmas party. It was my first time to the church. In the evening we were dating like a couple, and we began to live together. We didn't know that we were making a mistake.
The Bible says: Everyone shall respect marriage and the bed cannot be filthy. God will punish those who do obscene things.
He went to work every day, but I was always at home. He asked me why not go to work. I told him nothing. I didn't have the courage to tell him my secrets. I was afraid that he would look down on me. I decided to leave him.
I packed my luggage and told him that a friend introduced me to work in Foshan. Then I went to Foshan.
God's love and kindness
When I was in Foshan working as a prostitute, Yu often called me and asked me what I was doing. However, I didn't want to tell him.
Then he learned about my job from our common friend. I told him I was just a barmaid in a hotel. He said I should not indulge myself and advised me to leave the hotel. I refused his unreasonable requirements. To my surprise, he came to the hotel for me. He said that he had quitted his job in Xiamen.
We talked for a long time. He said he would take me out of darkness. He also said I should believe God and work hard with him. I decided to go with him.
We went to Shenzhen and started a new life. We rented a house and found new jobs. However, I gradually had no confidence in our future. My confidence in the future and the sense of security were still built on the money instead of God. So I often say malicious words to make him angry. I wanted to break up with him and get free.
I really couldn't accept the salary of the job during the day. I worked all day long but got less than two thousand yuan a month. I decided to leave him and continue to make money in the hotel in Foshan.
At that time I thought I should go back to make a sum of money so that we would start a business instead of working for other people.
He persuaded me to give up the idea, but I left him once again and returned to the original hotel. I hadn't thought about his feelings. I was so selfish and only cared about myself. I wanted to make some money and reward my parents. He couldn't meet my needs.
During Christmas, I went to accompany him in Shenzhen. On Christmas Eve, he took me to a small praising concert. A song named The Best Blessing in Life impressed me. The lyrics were as follows: The best blessing in life is to know God; the best blessing in life is to believe in God. When walking in mountains and valleys, God will accompany me.
We stood in the last row and my tears flew down. This song touched my soul.
Yu told me about the creation of God, the sin of people and the salvation of Jesus' cross. He also said that I should believe in Jesus and wait for the judgment on doomsday.
I couldn't fully understand his words and I went back to Foshan for money again .I deceived him that I would stay in the hotel until the end of the year, so I would have money to reward our parents during Chinese New Year. I promised I would come back and live a peaceful life with him.
He went to Xiamen, his hometown, during Chinese New Year, thinking that I would go from my hometown to Xiamen. However, I went to Foshan in advance. When he called me he found that I was using my phone number of Foshan. He knew that I deceived him again.
He persuaded me for several days. He also begged God to change my mind.
"Leave the place. You are degenerating. Your soul is going to hells." Yu told me.
"If God really exists, I need to be rescued by him. Now let God tell me if he exists and wants to save me. I am wearing a necklace. I will throw the necklace into the air and picked it. The negative and positive decide the result."
He agreed with my method and prayed God on the phone. After I threw the necklace, I was convinced that God was there and going to save me.
I hung up the phone and went to my own bed. Suddenly I saw that my sleeping roommates have become mummies. I was frightened and realized that my life would also be like this.
Psalm 23: He woke up my soul and guided me to take on the right track.
I hid in the quilt and called him. He comforted me and let me leave there. I immediately agreed to him. The next day he came from Xiamen to pick me up. I followed him back to Xiamen.
In February, 2009, we returned to Xiamen. He worked hard for our better life, but we only had enough to eat and wear. I couldn't find a job without a diploma. I thought I could do nothing but be a prostitute. I was not seeking or learning about God. Laziness was still deep-seated in me. Finally I decided to leave him in December and went back to the hotel in Foshan for making money.
When I was back to the hotel, my guests were not as good as before. I quarreled with a guest. He grabbed my hair and hit me.
I had never been abused like this. My friends comforted me and said we might meet any kind of guests since we are prostitutes. I realized that I had lost my dignity. In order to make money, I even forgot God.
As the Bible says, those who want to make a fortune are buried in confusion desires and ruins. Money is the root of all evil. When some people covet money, they are deviating from the truth.
One day I was accompanying a guest. I woke up due to a serious heart pain at 4 o'clock in the morning. My conscience was questioned in my dream. I sat on the bed and looked at the strange man beside me.
Why did I do such dirty things here? I remembered the roommates who looked like mummies at night. I thought of the song I heard in Shenzhen "Best blessing in life". The humiliation from the guests occurred to me. I cried and regretted.
The next day, I told him these things again. He comforted and persuaded me with patience. I would like to leave the darkness. He came to pick me up the next day. I couldn't wait to leave and packed up my luggage. Once again I returned to Xiamen.
Yu never leaves me. From his love, I could see that God still loves the sinners in the world. When I heard the chorus, I was deeply touched. My soul was awakened and my conscience was condemned.
God saved me several times, but I did not really understand God's guidance at that time. Later on, I continued to make mistakes. Rebellion and laziness were so deeply rooted in my heart.
To be continued.
Testimony: Prostitute Enters Kingdom of God (Ⅲ)