Who is this …

I (Ralf Kühne) am what you call a real Berliner. Born on 12-Sep-1964 on the „island of the blessed“, also known as West Berlin.

After an average school career (elementary, junior high school and high school) the motivation to pursue higher left me . Instead of studying at university a training followed in industrial business. About 2 years after the end of training I decided to study at a college. In a five-year evening course I brought it to a degree in business.

Various personal experiences made me slip off the end of 1992 in a nearly 12-year-long depression. Apart from a few really great holiday experiences, this time was hell on earth. Alone in the first-year depression my weight increased by 100 kg. To utter more words about this time, would give too much honor this phase.

In the late summer of 2003, something unexpected happened. Together with my parents, I watched in the cinema the film LUTHER. A scene impressed me particularly. When the princes allied to Luther had to appear before the Emperor, they were willing to be killed for believing their way into Jesus Christ. Their faith was so important to them that they were ready to die. I did not know anything worth living for.

Without further ado, I got myself a Stuttgart Study Bible and began to read. Including all comments.

The book of Genesis was not bad. Joseph, having stress with Potiphar’s wife and his brothers wanting him dead, I liked. Instead of taking revenge on his brothers, he met them after some testing with love and forgiveness. With the story of Moses and the exodus of the Israelites the „old tome“ finally had captivated me.

I started watching several televangelist. On the 1st of Advent 2003, I then tried the first time a service in A church at Südstern. How they dealt with one another there at that time, I liked very much. In my heart, formed a … well … an inexplicable certainty that the Jesus of whom they were talking was more than a historical figure.

On the 4th Advent, I realized that I had to decide either for or against Jesus. There were only these 2 ways. In front of my PC, I searched the internet for a so-called sinner’s prayer. On an American website, I saw one with which I could identify.

Having uttered these simple words – praying – , I felt extremely heavy stones fall from my shoulder.

In the following years many things changed. I discovered my talent for writing. Developed joy of prayer. AND experienced the reality to life of the words of the Bible.

There is so much to tell. Here only these two highlights:

Oh yes … From 255 kg, which I had at the ribs one time, now 60 kg are gone. Not bad …

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