I Almost Became Muslim

Sis, I almost became MUSLIM.

I was 18 years old and searching for who I was. I was angry about some things going on in my life and I was enduring a transition from girlhood to womanhood. And I needed a place to belong. Sure I was raised in the church, but I was looking for something that was appeal to and justify my feelings of anger and bitterness.

And one day I came across the Nation of Islam. I heard minister Farrakhan speaking and everything he said excited me. He was militant and bold and had fire behind every word he spoke. I immediately said, "THIS IS FOR ME."

I started attending the mosque and reading the Quran, reading the literature and getting to know more and more people in the faith. I was preparing for the process of writing a letter to the Nation of Islam to have an "X" behind my name, erasing my last name. I was going to be "Brittany X." (That doesn't even sound right. What was I thinking )

I continued my studies and preparing to make this full transition. But the more I studied the darker the information became. A spirit of darkness started to reveal itself. I began to see the more I would attend. I became afraid. I knew something wasn't right. I was getting in pretty deep.

Although I had left God. He hadn’t left me. Before I completed the process of joining, God said "COME BACK." And I dropped everything and came back running to Christ. He let me get far enough to see, where I was headed and he pulled me back.

I've been with him ever sense.