DEM0
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I was born in 1985 to parents who tried their best in raising me as they had me at a very young age. My childhood growing up and into my teenage/young adult years were met with absolute zero introduction or attendance into God or religion. Most of my knowledge that came from Christ came from different people, randomly and in different periods of my life that I often disregarded it quickly or stood quietly and just nodded my head every so often.
After grade school in 2004-2005 I was kind of in a daze about life in general. I didn't know what I wanted to do in my life professionally and knew that college was out of the question because I couldn't afford it. I mostly floated around from job to job partying with friends, drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana DAILY until a hurricane devasted my local town. I had a girlfriend at the time and right before the hurricane hit we had evacuated to her extended families home in another state. It was during this time living away that I got to know her Aunt really well whom was a devout Christian and eager to speak to me on the subject. I had many questions about God, The Bible, Jesus etc and we talked all night long on the topic. This lady who hardly knew me was so determined to save me that she, without any complaints, answered every question I had to the best of her ability over the course of an entire night.
I was elated by the end of our conversation and that night I asked to be saved with her help and guidance. I didn't quite know fully the choice I had made in all honesty but I was willing to try because I respected her determination. What followed afterwards was church attendance and reading my Bible often which I was enjoying.
2007-2008 was a difficult time for me. My girlfriend whom I had been saved through her family, whom I was attending church with, reading my Bible with cheated on me. I was devasted. I decided after our relationship to stop attending the church we went to together, stopped reading my Bible and the partying, alcohol and drugs started creeping back into my life, taking a stronger foothold this time due to betrayal and anger. I decided to eventually move back to my roots in Louisiana in late 2008 and live with my parents and restart my life once again.
One night I was out drinking with friends when I met a woman at a bar who seemed like she wasn't much interested in being there nor drinking for that matter. I decided to approach her and strike up a conversation. To make a long story short she ended up becoming the woman whom I married and am in love with today! She had firm faith in God and we had MANY nights when we would talk about God, faith and the many more questions I had developed over the years. She restored my faith and made me the man I am today in Christ. The church attendance was coming back, Bible reading was coming back, etc etc. There have been some lows in our 10+ year relationship but we've always worked it out through our determination and faith!
There's so much more to tell with my tale but without over detail this is the sum of my walk with Christ and faith as of right now. Thank you for reading and God bless!
After grade school in 2004-2005 I was kind of in a daze about life in general. I didn't know what I wanted to do in my life professionally and knew that college was out of the question because I couldn't afford it. I mostly floated around from job to job partying with friends, drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana DAILY until a hurricane devasted my local town. I had a girlfriend at the time and right before the hurricane hit we had evacuated to her extended families home in another state. It was during this time living away that I got to know her Aunt really well whom was a devout Christian and eager to speak to me on the subject. I had many questions about God, The Bible, Jesus etc and we talked all night long on the topic. This lady who hardly knew me was so determined to save me that she, without any complaints, answered every question I had to the best of her ability over the course of an entire night.
I was elated by the end of our conversation and that night I asked to be saved with her help and guidance. I didn't quite know fully the choice I had made in all honesty but I was willing to try because I respected her determination. What followed afterwards was church attendance and reading my Bible often which I was enjoying.
2007-2008 was a difficult time for me. My girlfriend whom I had been saved through her family, whom I was attending church with, reading my Bible with cheated on me. I was devasted. I decided after our relationship to stop attending the church we went to together, stopped reading my Bible and the partying, alcohol and drugs started creeping back into my life, taking a stronger foothold this time due to betrayal and anger. I decided to eventually move back to my roots in Louisiana in late 2008 and live with my parents and restart my life once again.
One night I was out drinking with friends when I met a woman at a bar who seemed like she wasn't much interested in being there nor drinking for that matter. I decided to approach her and strike up a conversation. To make a long story short she ended up becoming the woman whom I married and am in love with today! She had firm faith in God and we had MANY nights when we would talk about God, faith and the many more questions I had developed over the years. She restored my faith and made me the man I am today in Christ. The church attendance was coming back, Bible reading was coming back, etc etc. There have been some lows in our 10+ year relationship but we've always worked it out through our determination and faith!
There's so much more to tell with my tale but without over detail this is the sum of my walk with Christ and faith as of right now. Thank you for reading and God bless!
