I am not a writer, I am actually terrible at it, but I want to share my story, so I am sorry if I make mistakes. A little background info: I grew up in a Christian family but although me and my parents didnt go to church or anything, we still believed in God. During my childhood years I always liked to believe that there was a god and a heaven and that I would eventually end up there. As time went by and I got to middle school and eventually high school, those beliefs eventually faded away and I became an atheist. During my senior year of high school I really didnt care that much and just wanted to party, do stupid things, and just have fun.
Half-way through senior year, I stopped by my grandmas house (she is Christian). I came by to pick up some things and just talk to her for a little bit. We started going on talking about the subject of God and Jesus. She asked me if I believed and even though I didnt anymore, I told her that I did. She was telling me that I should follow Jesus and start reading the bible. I told her that I would, even though I didnt really have those intentions. Before I left she told me that she had been praying that someone would come up to me one day and confront me about God and ask me about my faith.
A couple weeks went by and at that time I was working at Sonic as a carhop. One night I took out an order to this really beat up pick-up truck and inside was an older man with white hair and a long white beard. I read back his order and handed him his food. When I was about to leave, he looked at me and straight out asked if I believed in God. I looked at him unsure what to say, but I just nodded yes. He then asked me if I believed in Jesus as my lord and savior, and once again I said yes. His eyes felt like they pierced into my soul, and it seemed like he was studying me. After a few seconds he gave me a nod, and I told him to have a good night. As I was walking away, he called me back and he gave me one dollar as a tip.
Another couple weeks pass by, and one night I had this really odd dream. I dreamed that I was in my friends apartment with a couple friends of mine. We were sitting around a table playing the game Apples to Apples. In my dream though everything felt different. I felt like I was playing a game of life. All the red cards had words that had to do with things that arent good in this world. They had words like money, greed, corruption, war, etc. and the green cards were all that was good like love, family, peace, joy, etc. The point of the game was to lose all your red cards and to gain green cards, and all my friends were doing nothing but collecting red cards while sometimes getting green cards. I remember feeling an amazingly overwhelming sensation that I never felt before, as if God was convincing me he was real. I felt he was helping me get all my green cards, and I eventually won the game with the most green cards. I also remember in my dream seeing that guy that I met at Sonic. When I woke up from that dream, I felt completely different. I felt AMAZING.
That same day I went to my grandmas and I told her everything. We prayed and she invited me to go to church with her on Easter morning, and I agreed. The night before Easter, I was working and a co-worker asked me that when he got off, if I wanted to smoke with him (I used to smoke marijuana) and I said yes I would. I got off earlier then he did and he said that he would call me when he was off at midnight. When I got home I started thinking about how bad it would be to smoke on Easter, and I had this feeling deep inside me which told me that I shouldnt do it. When midnight came around, I got a call from my co-worker. I looked at the phone and just decided to not answer and pretend I fell asleep, and that was that. The next morning I went to church with my grandma. During service she asked me if I wanted to get saved. At first I was a little uneasy about it, but I decided that I wanted to. As the pastor was praying for me, he got emotional. What he said next blew my mind. He told me that God was proud of me, he said that he was proud that I didnt answer the phone last night and that I made the right decision. How in the world did the pastor know about events the night prior?! After that moment, I got an amazing feeling going through my whole body like I never felt before. That was the greatest moment that I can remember ever feeling.
When I got home from church, I changed into some shorts. I reached into my pocket and I pulled out a dollar. I thought how odd that was because I NEVER leave money in my pockets and I never find money like that. Later that day I was going to go over to a friends house and I opened the door to my truck to find another dollar just sitting on my seat, at that moment I KNEW it was a sign from god, and I instantly thought of the guy at Sonic who gave me a dollar tip.
A few days went by and by that time I was praying every night. Id had been single for almost 2 years and I was really wanting to meet a girl. I prayed to God that I could meet a girl who would share my interests and who would also be a Christian. I figured it would be much easier on my faith to date someone who was a Christian, rather then someone who isnt. Two weeks went by and I was in one of my classes. This class consisted of me and four other people who peer-tutored mentally challenged kids. In this class was a girl who peer-tutored as well and even though we had been in this class for half a year together, we never talked. But this day we somehow ended up talking and I felt this connection between us. We eventually started texting and we grew to like each other a lot. The best thing of it all was I found out she was Christian. I knew that my prayer had been answered. This girl turned out to be the love of my life and we have been extremely happy with each other.
My walk of faith so far has been an amazing one, and I just wanted to share how I became a born again Christian and that God is real and he looks out for us. So people may think I am making this all up but I assure you its 100% true. I wouldnt ever lie about any of this because it would go against what I believe, and I would only lie about it if I wasnt a believer, but why would I waste my time writing something that shows god is real if I didnt believe he was real? This was shared so people can have something to think about and maybe help them out as well. God bless you.
Half-way through senior year, I stopped by my grandmas house (she is Christian). I came by to pick up some things and just talk to her for a little bit. We started going on talking about the subject of God and Jesus. She asked me if I believed and even though I didnt anymore, I told her that I did. She was telling me that I should follow Jesus and start reading the bible. I told her that I would, even though I didnt really have those intentions. Before I left she told me that she had been praying that someone would come up to me one day and confront me about God and ask me about my faith.
A couple weeks went by and at that time I was working at Sonic as a carhop. One night I took out an order to this really beat up pick-up truck and inside was an older man with white hair and a long white beard. I read back his order and handed him his food. When I was about to leave, he looked at me and straight out asked if I believed in God. I looked at him unsure what to say, but I just nodded yes. He then asked me if I believed in Jesus as my lord and savior, and once again I said yes. His eyes felt like they pierced into my soul, and it seemed like he was studying me. After a few seconds he gave me a nod, and I told him to have a good night. As I was walking away, he called me back and he gave me one dollar as a tip.
Another couple weeks pass by, and one night I had this really odd dream. I dreamed that I was in my friends apartment with a couple friends of mine. We were sitting around a table playing the game Apples to Apples. In my dream though everything felt different. I felt like I was playing a game of life. All the red cards had words that had to do with things that arent good in this world. They had words like money, greed, corruption, war, etc. and the green cards were all that was good like love, family, peace, joy, etc. The point of the game was to lose all your red cards and to gain green cards, and all my friends were doing nothing but collecting red cards while sometimes getting green cards. I remember feeling an amazingly overwhelming sensation that I never felt before, as if God was convincing me he was real. I felt he was helping me get all my green cards, and I eventually won the game with the most green cards. I also remember in my dream seeing that guy that I met at Sonic. When I woke up from that dream, I felt completely different. I felt AMAZING.
That same day I went to my grandmas and I told her everything. We prayed and she invited me to go to church with her on Easter morning, and I agreed. The night before Easter, I was working and a co-worker asked me that when he got off, if I wanted to smoke with him (I used to smoke marijuana) and I said yes I would. I got off earlier then he did and he said that he would call me when he was off at midnight. When I got home I started thinking about how bad it would be to smoke on Easter, and I had this feeling deep inside me which told me that I shouldnt do it. When midnight came around, I got a call from my co-worker. I looked at the phone and just decided to not answer and pretend I fell asleep, and that was that. The next morning I went to church with my grandma. During service she asked me if I wanted to get saved. At first I was a little uneasy about it, but I decided that I wanted to. As the pastor was praying for me, he got emotional. What he said next blew my mind. He told me that God was proud of me, he said that he was proud that I didnt answer the phone last night and that I made the right decision. How in the world did the pastor know about events the night prior?! After that moment, I got an amazing feeling going through my whole body like I never felt before. That was the greatest moment that I can remember ever feeling.
When I got home from church, I changed into some shorts. I reached into my pocket and I pulled out a dollar. I thought how odd that was because I NEVER leave money in my pockets and I never find money like that. Later that day I was going to go over to a friends house and I opened the door to my truck to find another dollar just sitting on my seat, at that moment I KNEW it was a sign from god, and I instantly thought of the guy at Sonic who gave me a dollar tip.
A few days went by and by that time I was praying every night. Id had been single for almost 2 years and I was really wanting to meet a girl. I prayed to God that I could meet a girl who would share my interests and who would also be a Christian. I figured it would be much easier on my faith to date someone who was a Christian, rather then someone who isnt. Two weeks went by and I was in one of my classes. This class consisted of me and four other people who peer-tutored mentally challenged kids. In this class was a girl who peer-tutored as well and even though we had been in this class for half a year together, we never talked. But this day we somehow ended up talking and I felt this connection between us. We eventually started texting and we grew to like each other a lot. The best thing of it all was I found out she was Christian. I knew that my prayer had been answered. This girl turned out to be the love of my life and we have been extremely happy with each other.
My walk of faith so far has been an amazing one, and I just wanted to share how I became a born again Christian and that God is real and he looks out for us. So people may think I am making this all up but I assure you its 100% true. I wouldnt ever lie about any of this because it would go against what I believe, and I would only lie about it if I wasnt a believer, but why would I waste my time writing something that shows god is real if I didnt believe he was real? This was shared so people can have something to think about and maybe help them out as well. God bless you.