Hello, Here we are, after 7 articles on relationships, with our last article.on this subject. I’d like to give you the opportunity to ask your questions. So if you have any, just send them to question@exponencielcoaching.com and I’ll answer them personally. Today I’d like to end this series with the most important relationship in your life. To do this, I’m going to open up and tell you about my encounter with this person. Ever since I was a child, as far back as I can remember, I’ve always believed that there was someone who created this world and everything in it. For a long time, I wondered who this person was. I did a lot of research. Growing up in a family where there were Muslims, Jews and Christians, I had the opportunity to learn a lot. Unfortunately, no religion suited me and I couldn’t understand why. I was in Judaism until the age of 15. I was looking for that person with such love to create every human being, so creative to design all creation. At the same time, I wondered why she had forgotten me. Why I was going through this, repeatedly longing for “the show to stop”. I was looking for a loving, compassionate, present God. I was looking for a relationship, not a religion. When I was 15, I couldn’t stand the life I had and decided to commit suicide. I remember sitting on the window sill (the window of a furnished hotel in which we were temporarily housed on welfare – after spending some time on the streets). On that window, overlooking a condemned inner courtyard, I can see myself bowing my head, closing my eyes and saying these few words: “I’m sorry God, but I can’t take it anymore… it’s too heavy for me!” Leaning forward, I let myself go, and with my eyes closed, I saw myself again as a child, singing and dancing. A song whose words still echo in my head, in my heart: “Day of joy, day of victory,
He stretches out his hand from on high,
He pulls me back from the great waters,
He seizes me and delivers me.
The Lord is my support,
In the face of all my enemies,
God rises brightly
And walks before me.” And at that moment, in a matter of seconds, I feel a hand grab me and push me back, hearing a voice say to me, “my child, I have something else for you”. I still have tears in my eyes as I write. That encounter turned my life upside down. I knew who he was. It was the one my father had introduced me to by taking me to church a few times. It was God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I decided at that moment to give my life to Jesus and to consecrate myself to Him, saying these words to Him: “I decided to leave my life here, but you came to get me, so today I no longer live, it’s you who live in me”.
I had no knowledge of the Bible at the time, but God, this God of love, heard the cry of my heart. He never stopped guiding and leading me. He never lacked patience with me. He has never stopped wanting to reveal and show me that his greatest desire is to live an intimate and passionate relationship with each of his children. He wishes to take care of each one of us, to lead us from situations where there is no hope to walk in His glory descended upon us, from victory to victory. He wants everyone to be able to enter into freedom and experience His love and power at every moment. All it takes is one thing: to draw near to Him. Recognize who you are. Commit yourself to following Him, and sincerely ask His forgiveness for having strayed so many years from Him. He’ll show you the way, and you’ll begin to live the most important relationship of all: living the possible where the impossible strikes, life where death strikes, fulfillment in every circumstance. We can help you do just that… In our next Newsletter, we’ll be starting a new series on holistic growth together! To make sure you don’t miss out, be sure to sign up by clicking on “I subscribe!” at the end of this article. You can also follow us and share our page on social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and thus benefit from our news by sharing it with others.
See you soon,
You’re wonderful!
Joachim Fontaine
Coach | Consultant | Formateur
