"Don't be sad. YOU WILL LOVE AGAIN" | Our Testimony at CCF Main | Ardy & Miriam

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Have you ever lost hope, needed to hear from God, and needed encouragement to carry on? We've been through many seasons in life when we needed to know and feel God's love. Be encouraged that He is faithful! He is our redeemer.

This was our testimony at the CCF Center for the May 14 Mother's Day service where Peter Tanchi Jr used this for the story of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.

Here's part of the script:
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Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, - Psalm 107:2

Ardy:
I’ll always remember that September day, 29 years ago, when God used Tingting, my ex-girlfriend who would later on become my first late wife, to bring me to a CCF Bible Study in Makati. I was a 29-yr old entrepreneur, writer and Playboy publisher wanna-be, who was depressed and broke, fresh from a failed business venture.

At the Bible Study, God’s word became alive to me like never before. When the gospel was shared I received Christ as my Lord and Saviour. And that turned out to be Tingting’s answered prayer.

Tingting and I got married a year later, but after 5 years, she was diagnosed with life threatening lupus and almost died in the hospital. Miraculously, God healed Tingting and she lived lupus free for 10 years. But then in 2012, the lupus came back with a vengeance and after six months of intensive care, Tingting took her last breath as I held her in my arms.**

So I became a widower at the age of 47, a single parent with a 5 year-old son named Josh. Every time I would grieve and eat tears for breakfast, God would comfort me saying, “Anak, don’t be sad. You will love again. I’m going to give you one more great love.” And it’s true. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.* **

The Lord also used my son to encourage me. On my 48th birthday, after blowing the candles of my cake, Josh told me: “Dad, I wish that God will give you a new wife. So that I can have a new Mom.”
And the God of the Universe answered Josh’s prayer and matched us with…

Miriam:
I was on top of the world after I came home from the Ms Universe pageant 1999 winning as the1st runner up. Shows, endorsements, and awards followed but in the middle of limelight, I found myself still searching for meaning & happiness. I thought marriage and starting a family of my own will do that so when my Italian boyfriend proposed, I said Yes and left everything to be with my new husband in HK.

One day, I found myself staring out at the edge of my hotel balcony in another country. My marriage with my Italian millionaire husband was on the rocks.That afternoon, a voice told me, “Jump and all problems of the world will end.”
But then there was another voice, a much gentler–and I know now it was the voice of the Spirit–who said:
“If you kill yourself, that is not love.” And love was what I was truly looking for.

I stepped back and chose to live another day. However, after 2.5 years of marriage, my husband asked for a divorce, and eventually married a younger woman and has a child with her. What I thought was forever, was now over so I asked God to end my life.

Back in Manila, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts lasted for a couple more years. I then realized that the only way out was to go back to the God of my youth. And that was Jesus. But I realized that outside of my religion class, I didn’t really know Him, so out of desperation, I prayed, “Jesus, I want to know you more.”

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"Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:13

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