Anne Rice. Who doesn't know her? I grew up knowing her as the Queen of horror in novels.
Watch her testimony.
Anne’s Story
After thirty-eight years of authoring books about vampires and darkness, Anne Rice grew up in a devoted Catholic family, knowing the importance of God and obtaining something in life beyond materialistic things. Still, she felt unshakably confined within the parameters of religion. At the age of eighteen, she walked away from it all and chose to live a life believing that ,”In order for me to grow up, I have to put God aside.”
Though her professional career was very successful as an author of Vampire tales, she was a Christ-haunted person. “I knew that as long as I denied Him, I wouldn’t know rest or peace. You must know that you can’t save yourself through art of music. You can’t do it through travel or wealth. Your attempts to achieve salvation alone ultimately amounts to nothing.” She found herself very ready to go back to God.
Anne had to stop. “Writing about vampires were no longer relevant in my life because they were stories about a person in a godless world. They were stories about me.” That, however, is no longer the case. Now, I have to write for Him.
" And yet, there’s evidence there that I was called back again and again to the idea that as long as you’re denying God, you will not know any rest, you will not know any peace. You can’t save yourself through art, you can’t save yourself through music. You can’t do it through travel. You can’t do it through wealth. All your attempts at saving and transcending through other means will ultimately fail. You save yourself or God saves you when you turn to him."
Though her professional career was very successful as an author of Vampire tales, she was a Christ-haunted person. “I knew that as long as I denied Him, I wouldn’t know rest or peace. You must know that you can’t save yourself through art of music. You can’t do it through travel or wealth. Your attempts to achieve salvation alone ultimately amounts to nothing.” She found herself very ready to go back to God.
Anne had to stop. “Writing about vampires were no longer relevant in my life because they were stories about a person in a godless world. They were stories about me.” That, however, is no longer the case. Now, I have to write for Him.
" And yet, there’s evidence there that I was called back again and again to the idea that as long as you’re denying God, you will not know any rest, you will not know any peace. You can’t save yourself through art, you can’t save yourself through music. You can’t do it through travel. You can’t do it through wealth. All your attempts at saving and transcending through other means will ultimately fail. You save yourself or God saves you when you turn to him."
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