{"id":29888,"date":"2023-11-09T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=29888"},"modified":"2023-11-09T11:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:41:30","slug":"kathy-ireland-says-she-was-a-rebellious-teenager-before-finding-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/kathy-ireland-says-she-was-a-rebellious-teenager-before-finding-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Ireland Says She Was a ‘Rebellious Teenager’ Before Finding Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Entrepreneur and former model Kathy Ireland says she grew up \u201cwith really no faith\u201d before a crucial late-night encounter with the Bible that her mother had tucked in her suitcase. Ireland, whose latest endeavor is joining forces with Zoom Casa Powered by Kathy Ireland Worldwide, told Fox News Digital, \u201cIt was during a really lonely time in Paris, jet lag, and loneliness, middle of the night that I opened up that Bible.<\/p>\n

Ireland continued, \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to read it. And I was a rebellious teenager questioning who really knows the truth, who really knows what\u2019s right or wrong. And as I read, I just knew that what I was holding in my hands was the truth, and my life forever changed.\u201d The chance to discover her relationship with God on her own was a powerful experience.<\/p>\n

She explained, \u201cJesus was nothing like I thought. I was listening to other people\u2019s soundbites about who He was and what the Bible said. I was alone in that room, so nobody was telling me, be this denomination or that denomination. It was just, I wanted to follow Him. And that changed everything for me because, at that moment, Jesus became my Lord and Savior. And I knew if He\u2019s with me, who could be against me?\u201d<\/p>\n