Seventy years ago I was born in Germany. I was brought to this country when I was only one year old. My parents attended a Baptist church and my sister and I had to religiously go to all the functions since our dad was a deacon and we had to put on a good front for him. On the home front things were different, and his living did not match any of the religious teachings.

When I was about 12, I was very inspired with a sermon given by a substitute preacher and I opened to receive the Lord. My heart was very tender toward the Lord Jesus but as time passed it seemed I couldn’t find this One again who entered my heart. I lived without Him in this world for about 20 years but always had a longing to find Him again. I got married and had three children, but something was missing. I went looking by going to a neighbor’s Pentecostal church where they seemed only to emphasize the gift of tongues. I had no desire for tongues. I only wanted Him. Then I tried the Lutheran church and the forms were too stiff and religious. I also tried the Methodist and found there an usher who had ideas about a relationship that was certainly not of the Lord. In vain I even studied with the Jehovah Witnesses for a short time. This was not my Christ either.

Eventually we had a babysitter we called “Nana”. She was a godly woman and although she never tried to preach to us, her demeanor and love of the Lord was apparent. This was very attractive to me and as I asked her more questions, she invited me to go with her to a conference. This rekindled my hunger for God. This was a stepping-stone to what God was actually doing on the earth today. Some of the Christians I met with discovered the local church and began to meet there. This was the mercy of the Lord because I also went to see what attracted them.

At first it was just the life and the sincerity of the ones meeting there, but as I continued with them I realized God was really among these people and I wanted what they had—God.

Now, after more than thirty years of meeting with the local churches, I can only thank the Lord for His mercy in including us in His great plan. How I love Him! Under the ministry of Witness Lee and Watchman Nee, I have really come to know the meaning of my life, the meaning of the universe, and the desire of God’s heart as revealed in the Bible. The more I know the Lord and His purpose, the more I love and want to live to Him. The Bible has become an open book to me, revealing all God’s secrets.

Margot Ferraro

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