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Shanae McLorin is a powerful young voice from the city of Bay Point, California USA who I believe will greatly impact this generation. Most importantly she loves the Lord and is called according to His purpose. A year ago I told her to jot down a few reflections of her experiences walking with the Lord on her college campus as well as at her place of work. Here's an excerpt from her diary. The Diary of a New Believer
Dear God,
I gave a testimony in church two Sundays ago, which I feel was a testimony in itself, because I am finally freeing myself in my church atmosphere. That day I was told by a member of the church, someone’s mother, that I was an inspiration, that I gave her hope for her own children. Last week, Pastor Hayes spoke about how your Christian walk should be an inspiration to others, and when I was told that my life was an inspiration it felt really good. When I heard the message it all clicked; I aspire to be great in my Christian walk, learning about God is very fun for me. At one point in my life I didn’t really care to know anymore than I already knew about God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. As you open yourself up with your spiritual eye, you learn that you have a responsibility to inspire other people’s lives, while showing them how far you have come and where you are going. When you give your life to Christ, the fear of people knowing who you were in the past kind of ceases to exist because you know that it is your past and that God sees you at your most accomplished state. So, you learn how to love you like God loves and sees you; remember, this is what you have to do in order to increase God’s kingdom. I always say that everyone has a story, but if you never let anyone read your book, you could never save the life that would have looked to your story for hope. 
A pastor preached a message during our Pastor’s appreciation ceremony, basically stating that sheep are supposed to birth sheep. You are not supposed to hold back all of the goodness of God and keep it for yourself. You are to inspire someone else’s life and let them in on the secret, which I can say really isn’t a secret at all. He put it all in a book for reference; whether or not we use it is where the secrets lie. See, if people would take themselves out of the world and turn to God’s word, they wouldn’t have to look for their experience in a pill form, or any other form for that matter. If they knew how good it feels to be free from some of your issues while allowing God to peel away the rest, I am absolutely positive that they would try to bottle it up and sell it. Giving your life to God was never supposed to be a hard task, but when you are in the world it becomes just that, hard because you are fighting to hold on to things that are not good for you. I am here to say that nothing in the world can do you like God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit can.
I was told by Pastor Jean that you should never have to tell anyone that you are a Christian because for some reason you automatically relate to the other Christians in the world. It's like you share this unseen bond that ties you together, even though you never met that person a day in your life, and you just know. As you get older in your walk, people will notice the difference, but wouldn’t be able to put a finger on it and all you can really say is, “Try Jesus.” It feels good when someone tells you that you are a Christian and that there is something about you, but they just don’t know what it is.
I am still making mistakes, although I feel like God doesn’t make any; I am not perfect in any shape, form or fashion, but I strive to find my perfection in God’s word. I hope that my diary will help inspire you, so that you will go out and inspire others for the increase of God’s Kingdom. I hope you will give birth to as many sheep as possible. I am proud to be an inspiration, so that I can bring people closer to God, and saying this for the world to know allows me to know how far I have come. Try Jesus.
Peace and God Bless,
Shanae McLorin, the New Believer
All Rights Reserved Soul Shaping Publications San Leandro, California 94577 After reading this excerpt I suspect you are thinking like I am, that there are other great young voices who also love the Lord and who need to be heard in this hour. E-mail us at ministert@bencouraged.net and we will consider giving them a platform too.
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