Saved By Grace

Table of Contents

1. Table of Contents

2. Introduction: What is my purpose?

4. Chapter I: How it all started for me?

17. Chapter II: How to include God in your life?

22. Chapter III: How society influences you?

24. Chapter IV: Are you aware of what’s happening around you?

26. Chapter V: Are you aware of your feelings?

28. Chapter VI: How did I find happiness?

29. Chapter VII: Who is God?

Introduction

What is my purpose?

It is pretty hard to realize who you are and what is your true purpose when living within a society where money and power have supreme control. It is known how our society’s game has successfully managed to keep us as far as possible from the truth. We no longer want to follow our desires, but whatever is right and accepted by society.

This explains to me why there is such a high rate of depression and suicide among young people and not only. According to the World Health Organization demographics in 2019, around 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and nearly 50 percent of all people diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Most alarming is that these rates are widening each year. I am asking myself then, “Why is it that the more we have, the less happy we are? The more we travel, the more we hate it getting back home? The more we try to integrate into society, the more we get confused?” If it is to judge it by how advanced these days technology is and how many possibilities the internet gives us, it doesn’t explain why so many people are falling into depression, anxiety, and even have suicidal thoughts each year.

Another statistic made by the “Suicide Awareness” society, has shown that nearly 800,000 people in the world die by suicide each year, which is roughly one death every 40 seconds. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the world for those aged 15-24 years. Therefore, depression is the leading cause of emotional disability worldwide.

This just doesn’t sound right! We’re having a world-wide “holocaust” each year and this is caused only by depression. I am aware that a lot of people have already tackled this topic, and it doesn’t surprise me why so many self- development coaches have suddenly become millionaires by teaching all kinds of rules and techniques to achieving a better, happier and more balanced life. Don’t get me wrong though, I have nothing against anyone who teaches personal-development, but most of the time I realized that God is excluded from all these teachings. How can this be, when in fact, everything is about God?

This is one of the reasons I have decided to be sharing with you my experiences and how I’ve come to realize that I’m living within a deceived world, so self-centered and depressive. I don’t expect to create a big impact with my story but if one person reading this is winning the war against depression, anxiety or suicide, my job is complete. You may be wondering, “Whom is this one pretending to know it all”? I will tell you that I am not a personal life coach nor a psychologist, monk or anyone who has anything to do with life coaching, but my own experiences have taught me everything that I’m about to share with you and the kind of person I have become today. This feeling of peace that you receive from God, no money, people, power or travel experiences can buy for you.

Did I reach the “Nirvana” or whatever we newly call this place of perfect peace and happiness? In a way or another, yes, but I don’t call it “Nirvana”, I simply call it “GOD”.

I remember wanting to write this book for so long, but I never really found the right moment; it just didn’t feel right to me. Later on, I understood that a lot of things were still not clear to me and God wanted me to share with you more than I thought I can. I just had to go through different trials and experience a lot of difficult situations to have my eyes opened. This is why I am encouraging you to be patient and keep hope about anything you want to do in life. It is not about being impossible to achieve something, but the right timing. Throughout life, we desire a lot of things that we hope to make us happy, but we don’t realize that these may not be what we also need.

You don’t always need what you want or want what you need, but God knows better what is that you need. By not filling your desires at the moment that you expect it, should not be a reason for disappointment. Just follow and try to understand each step of your journey; you will later thank God for it.

If you don’t have enough patience or trust in Him, most probably you will end up in the same situation where you first started. No matter how smart, educated, successful or courageous we are, we must agree that we do not have absolute control over our situations.

What is your purpose in life? Leaving aside our career choices, I believe that everyone’s purpose is to serve and love one another. Whether you are a super successful businessman, a boss, an employed or unemployed person, we all have the responsibility to serve one another and bring value to people through our time and service offerings. Thinking or how you can make yourself happy is never going to bring you true happiness. I am here to tell you that, “It is not all about you in this life, is about God!” He created us so that we can share

the love He has for us and serve one another just like Jesus did. Jesus could’ve easily been a rich king with thousands of servants at His feet, but instead, He chose to come as a “poor” man who truly loved His people, cared for them, served them, taught them important lessons about life, and gave His life away for them. This doesn’t mean that you should give your life away for people, but in my opinion, it is a symbol of dedication and unconditional love that we should wear for one another - “And now I give you a new commandment: Love one another! As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (John 13:34)

Chapter One

How it all started for me?

It all started from nothing, literally nothing! This is, in fact, the most beautiful thing about God, He can pick you up from a place where you are a nobody and set you up on His highest rock. Many times, I thought, “why would Jesus pick some simple, uneducated fishermen to share His teachings with”? Among many other reasons, I do believe that Jesus saw the simplicity and humbleness of their hearts and wanted to convert them into great servants of God. He knew that they will have the faith and courage to boldly share His teachings around the world.

As for my beginnings, in every single way, I was a nobody, someone who knew nothing about life but thought that she knows it all. It is not that I am someone important now, but everything that I have become as a believer in Christ was possible only through the Grace of God. I know that for you, someone who doesn't believe in God, has a different religion or just a different perception about our spiritual world, I might sound like a pathetic brainwashed Christian lady who is in love with Jesus. I don’t care what you think about me, all I care about is that you search inside your heart and take into consideration my advice to ask yourself if you are really happy with whom you’ve become so far.

My story started in Romania, a country that many may never have heard o

before. I am the second born within a “Christian" family of five, and I now dare to say “Christian” but only with the name. Although my family was following the Christian Orthodox customs, our life example did not also reflect our so-called “Christian” beliefs.

Coming from this very poor family with extremely limited possibilities, at the age of 18, I found myself wanting to run away from my home country and pursue

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Tag der Veröffentlichung: 28.08.2019
ISBN: 978-3-7487-1402-6

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This book is entirely dedicated to the work of God, willing to guide as many people into finding their true selves.