My Testimonial

Michelle Hewitt

Saved from New Age deception in 2024

- this is my story -

Growing up, we went to church every Sunday until my parent's unexpected divorce.  Life changed drastically and church became a distant memory.  As a tween, I was left to fend for myself, but felt alone and afraid when everyone was working.  Alcohol then entered my life and I became somewhat of a wild child with rare adult guidance.  After developing type one diabetes during college, I woke up fast to daily health struggles. 

When my husband and I had children, we looked to join a church.  Never finding the right fit, we decided to teach our kids about God in our own way.  Life was good until my mom passed away without warning.  The stress of her death brought on bigger health challenges for me.  The years that followed brought me closer to God than I had ever been before... or so I thought.  But with so many unanswered questions, I didn't know where to turn.  

I entered into the New Age having sessions with an animal communicator.  Then years after my mom's death, I consulted with a psychic medium for answers about her passing and my health.  Not only did I get seemingly accurate answers, but the psychic led me deeper into the new age.  She referred me to an energy healer and also recommended I look into an upcoming health book written by a medium.  

My total time in the new age was 20 years.  In those last ten years I had gotten into meditation, crystals, past lives, yoga, shamanic journeys, reiki, sound healing, and after death communication.  I intensely idolized a medical medium for six of those years and while being mentored by the energy healer, I became an energy healer myself.  During that time, I thought I had found my purpose and believed that I was doing God's work.

When our dog passed away, I felt incredible guilt for working too much and not putting him first.  My next decision was to get another dog OR grow my business and thankfully, I chose a dog. We then got a purebred, Czech working line German Shepherd puppy and the first month of having her, I knew we were in too deep.  Her incredible bite force was more than we could handle.  I found myself on my knees praying to God asking why in the world he gave us this dog that was more than we could handle?  

It was at this same time that I saw a compelling testimony of someone that had turned to Jesus after leaving a healing community.  I was intrigued because I had stopped following the same community two years earlier.  After listening to other testimonies, I began reading the Bible and gave my life to Jesus.  I acknowledged that I am a sinner, and asked God for his forgiveness while repenting for my sins.  Over the months, I threw out the massive amounts of New Age books and energy healing tools I had accumulated.  

Upon being saved, the first thing the Holy Spirit did was to take away my desire to use the Lord's name in vain.  Realizing the sins I committed was so incredibly eye opening!  I have now found much peace in reading my Holy Bible every day and truly seeing God working in my life.  

Don't get me wrong, I still have struggles and hardships, but through turning to God's Word and prayer, the answers come. When I go through tribulations, I am reminded that this life on Earth is temporary.  The best part of all is knowing that I am never alone like I felt as a child.  And knowing that I will spend eternity in God's kingdom is everything.

If you are wondering what happened to the puppy that led me to God...