Kathy Ireland became a household name while working as an actor and model and built a successful business along the way.
But it’s her Christian faith that most differentiates her from many others in the entertainment industry, with the business mogul telling CBN News she was “a late learner of Jesus.”
“I grew up believing in God,” Ireland said. “Always believed in Him, but I didn’t know Him, and I didn’t know that I didn’t know Him.”
When she turned 18 and started modeling, life began to take some turns. Ireland, who was rebellious and questioning authority, recalled being lonely at the time and facing various struggles.
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“I was questioning authority [and] ‘who really knows the truth,’” she recalled. “My mom had just become a Christian and she was in nursing school.”
Even though Ireland described herself at the time as a “self-absorbed teenager,” she said the sudden changes in her mother resonated with her and left her intrigued. One night, that interest developed into something else entirely.
“My mom stuck a Bible in my suitcase and I’d never read one before,” Ireland said. “I didn’t know how to read it. So I’m sitting alone in the room, and I open up … to the book of Matthew, and, as I started reading, I knew that what I had in my hands was the truth.”
Suddenly, the teen felt she wanted to “follow Jesus,” and realized Christ wasn’t like she previously assumed.
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