Janet Vargas
Hi there, A hearty welcome to you. I was brought up in a beach town near hills and country in Australia. I love nature and nice sunny days. I also like conversing with people when out and about (having micro conversations). My interests are making recipes and collecting them and growing fresh veggies (seeing them grow). Making websites is a passion with me, bringing pleasure into other’s day.
At the age of 12 I was sitting outside, on a nice sunny day, looking up into the sky and the thought occurred to me “I wonder what it would be like if God became one of us and He could think and feel like us?” Just then, the Presence of God came really close to me and I started praying in other languages like Christians did in the Book of Acts Chapter 2 in the Bible.
Yes, I was spontaneously Born Anew (a spiritual birth that takes place when Jesus comes in, and resides in our spirit).
I had no religious or biblical background whatsoever and the next morning on waking, the Spirit of God revealed to me that Jesus was God.
Not long after that an Aunty visited us and detoured me into religion. But 2 years later, I left that disillusioned because when I practiced all those religious traditions, it seemed to stifle the Presence of God, and I desired that – I wanted to feel close to Him again. Frustrated with Religion, I left it and did not attempt to pray at all through my teen years – not for any reason or anytime, even if things got tough!
In my Mid-Teens, a Christian Girl in her 20s came into my bedroom and prayed for me once when I wasn’t well (influenza) and I thought she was strange. Looking back now, there was nothing strange about her, however, she was Caring and Compassionate. I thought to myself “doesn’t she care if she gets this bug?” She had embraced me, yet she didn’t come down with it – she just trusted in Jesus. Pretty amazing,
I still wasn’t interested.
Sometime later, I had intentions to be a Night Club Singer or a Fashion Designer. This is a figure of speech I’m using here: I did not want to walk down the same side of a street pass a Church Building – I was so Allergic to Religion. I had a reaction like “YUCK. Religion!” I wasn’t Atheist or Agnostic, I ‘d just had enough of Religious-Bondage (two years was enough) and I was resolute in my decision “That’s Not for Me!”
Jesus again intervened in my life at the age of 20 and this time, I was never going to look away from Him again or be cheated by Religion
of any kind. Can you blame me?
I was walking with Jesus, talking and praying and singing to Him (conscious of His Presence) and reading the Scriptures out in the sunshine and in my room. I also started sharing about Him freely and naturally with people and living for Jesus. Not because I was trying to “convert them”
I was just sharing my Joy.
The JWs and Mormons (people in religious cults, who peddle their doctrines door to door in this Country) stayed well away -who had previously tried to Impose their Beliefs – because of the Reality of a Risen-Christ in my heart and life.
They could not handle it, because they were brain-washed in deceptive dogma (JWs depressing stuff, very heavy and Mormons fantasy-fallacious, very strange) both those Cults are very demanding when you get into them. They keep going to people’s houses – interrupting their Family Time on the weekends and do not respect their response that they’re “Not Interested” returning every few months. Sad to say, there is no Law to prevent that. But they stay away from my door:)
They were puzzled about my Peace and frightened of my Joy!
At the age of 30 I vividly remembered the experience I had at the age of 12.
Please Note: You do not have to “pray in other languages” to experience Salvation – a Spiritual New Birth.
Many Christians experience this some days, weeks or months later.
Some people think those languages are just ‘gibberish’ however, I had two experiences some years ago when a family I knew, said in astonishment with eyes wide open and very joyful “Janet, you just prayed in Fluent Arabic!”
I asked them to interpret and it was a wonderful experience for all of us!
(They were Arabic)