06/10/2026
Have you ever felt angry and lost? Have you ever felt like you were unwanted and unloved? I have and I can tell you, it's the worst feeling in the world.
I carried that pain and loneliness around with me in my broken heart for years, many years. In fact I was so lost all I wanted to do was "go home " as I would put it.
I tried to find relief in other people, that didn't work. I looked for relief in drinking. That failed me too. Several times in my life, I attempted to "go home", but by the grace of God , I'm still in the physical world. I took that as a sign that God didn't want me or love me either.
I was very wrong about that.
In 2017, I finally gave up drinking. It wasn't working for me. Nothing was working for me and I knew I needed to make real changes in my life. On that journey, I met someone who introduced me to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I told him I'd been looking for my church home for over 40 years, and he said "I know the place for you!" I went to church with him that next Sunday and fell in love! Not with him, but with the church. He asked if I would like to meet with the missionaries and learn more. I said "yes". That was the best "yes" of my life.
4 months later, I was baptized. And I never looked back at my old life, ever.
I had to forgive a lot of people I'd met in my dark years, but mainly I had to forgive myself. She was the hardest person to forgive. But, with the love and guidance of my savior Jesus Christ, I have walked through that fire, and not alone.
Today, unless someone really knows me, they have no idea what I've walked through. Isn't that the point? When you turn your life over to Christ, and truly repent, you ARE made new.
I testify this in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen -- Sister Penny Michelle Wofford
Penny is a perfect example of how it changes you for the better to follow Christ! Want to learn how you can do the same? Click here: ComeUntoChrist.org to have missionaries teach you how Christ can change your life. What a difference He can make out of you!