“I lived as a woman for 30 years. Ever since I was a child, I had always wished I had been born a girl, and I have no idea why. It grew stronger over the years and eventually ruined my marriage and my family relationships and brought me to the edge of suicide.
I could no longer resist the compulsion and I transitioned in 1993, because I knew if I didn't, I would wind up dead. I 'passed' well and altered my voice with voice coaching and settled in to a comfortable life and career, and no one knew. Secularly speaking, I was content living out the rest of my life pretending to be a woman.
I say pretending, because I was never so delusional to believe I was actually a woman. I was a biological man, pretending to be a woman. The notion that I was a woman trapped in a man's body, as you say, always sounded so corny to me, but I understand the sentiment.
The craziest thing is, I always thought I was a Christian. I was raised in the church, attended regularly, gave to the church, sang in the choir, served on a church council, etc. I had said the sinner's prayer multiple times. I was 'saved' four or five times by the early 90s, but I never felt any different, nothing ever changed.
I started attending a new church in the late 20 teens and for the first time in my life, I started hearing the true biblical Gospel. I had never heard a pastor talking about wrath, sin, hell, and repentance and I was captivated. I didn't even know what repentance was.
I started listening to my pastor's sermons from the archives. I started reading my Bible and for the first time, it started making sense. On YouTube, I stumbled onto videos from MacArthur, Sproul, Comfort, Friel, Washer, Peters, Ham, Turek, Baucham, Parr, and believe it or not, you Mike. You were part of the dream team that led me to Christ. It took all y'all because I was stubborn.
At first, what y'all were saying, wasn't necessarily what I wanted to hear, but somehow that made it seem more credible. You guys didn't all agree on some issues, but on the core issues, you all seemed to be aligned. It was when the law was put in front of me like a mirror, that I started to see my sin in its true light, and I saw myself for who and what I was... a sinner in dire need of a savior.
I always felt that God probably wasn't pleased with my lifestyle, but I was still alive, and I felt somehow, I would skate through. When I concluded that it was not necessarily my lifestyle that would wind me up in hell, I mean it would but... it was really that first lie that I ever told, or the first time I ever disrespected my parents, or the first time I stole something, that I earned eternal punishment for myself. It's what I truly deserved, and that was frightening.
One night in 2020, I contemplated my true condition and realized how much I hated my lifestyle and I broke down, I cried out to God confessing my sins and asking forgiveness. I repented and put my trust in Jesus. I gave my life to Him, no matter the cost. In short order the Holy Spirit started working in me and I began a three year process of detransition, which I completed in October of 2023.
I now love studying God's word, praying, sharing my testimony (obviously), and sharing the Gospel. I am a new creation. I'm also speaking out against the transgender movement and their lies and secret intentions, and how they're targeting children.
There is a six minute video pinned at the top of my page, of my pastor, telling my story at the end of a sermon he had just preached on repentance on May 19 of this year. Please go watch that, it's the story of a powerful transformation.”
Refer to his original post on X here.
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