I wish I could write a bio of the things that have happen in my life over the last 25 years since I accepted Christ into my life. I haven't always walked with him. Today I am.
As I start this blog I have no idea where it will take us. I am starting it to encourage those reading to get the junk out of the way thats blocking you, the distractions that keep you from God's purpose for you. Yes I read Rick Warrens book and Yes it helped me a great deal. I was low hanging fruit God has been working on me a long time. First I'll tell you that my Dad is Irish and my Mom is Jewish. I like to joke and say I use to save my pennies, spend them on alcohol and then feel guilty about it.
At 21 years old I was hitch hiking and addicted to drugs and alcohol. After getting picked up by Christians three days in a row who asked me to pray. I wanted to just get out of their cars and walk. I got dropped off in front of a little firehouse and across the highway I faced the front of a church. I was looking up at the cross and with tears coming down my face. I remember the time of the day was 11am the tempature was unseasonably warm and I was facing west. I know this because the sun was shinning off of the cross I was looking up at. I asked God out loud, why do all of these people beleive in you? If you're so real why do little kids get killed in bus accidents? Why do people get cancer? If your so real why don't you show your self to me? I wiped my tears away got a ride, got high for the day and forgot about it.
A few weeks later I called a friend of mine after a night I couldn't remember who went to NA and AA. ( I had been watching him get his life together from a distance) I told him that I have seen him change his life and that I wanted to check out one of those meetings he was going to. He came to pick me up 20 miles away from where he lived. I sat in the back seat as there was a guy in his forties in the front seat, I was nervous and didn't know what to expect. I asked about the meeting and they said just sit back, relax, and listen. I asked where we were going and the said Toms River which was about 20 miles away. This was the area that I grew up in and this is where this friend and most of my friends were from. He drove all they way from that area to get me to bring me all the way back.
What I didn't know was that the meeting was at the very church that I stood in front of just a few weeks earlier when I yelled at the cross and God "if your so real why don't you show yourself to me!" That was November 3rd 1983 and that day I was healed of alcohol and drug addiction. I got chills walking in and my life was changed that day.
Three months later I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior in a little effeciancy apartment that was so small I could be in bed in the kitchen and in the bathroom with out moving.
Next month is 25 years since I have touched a drop of alcohol. My life has been a series of events like this. I 'm starting to think I should write a book I can go on and on I have never written this out before.
I hope to share more as others join this blog and talk about your experience. With that being said the goal of this blog is to now take these experiences and use them for the purpose that God has had for us all along. I do not beleive in coincidences. I do not beleive it is a coincidence that your reading this blog.
If I skip ahead to today I am in the banking industry and have been blessed. If you have been watching the news you know that it is tough times. I have no fear. God already healed me of that which is another story. I say that to say this. I have just watched 1000's of people from Wachovia (my employer) lose their jobs. I am seeing a snap shot of what is to come. It is devastating. I am aligning my skills with Gods purpose for me finally. I am answering the call that I have been running from for years. It is harvest time! I recently started a non profit organization to offer food and prayer for those losing their jobs. harvestprojectamerica.com
I encourage you to ask God to use you and show you what he has designed you to do and how he wants to use you. Every part of the body needs to be working together. That is why my handle is we-band.
So ok enough from me let me hear from you.
As I start this blog I have no idea where it will take us. I am starting it to encourage those reading to get the junk out of the way thats blocking you, the distractions that keep you from God's purpose for you. Yes I read Rick Warrens book and Yes it helped me a great deal. I was low hanging fruit God has been working on me a long time. First I'll tell you that my Dad is Irish and my Mom is Jewish. I like to joke and say I use to save my pennies, spend them on alcohol and then feel guilty about it.
At 21 years old I was hitch hiking and addicted to drugs and alcohol. After getting picked up by Christians three days in a row who asked me to pray. I wanted to just get out of their cars and walk. I got dropped off in front of a little firehouse and across the highway I faced the front of a church. I was looking up at the cross and with tears coming down my face. I remember the time of the day was 11am the tempature was unseasonably warm and I was facing west. I know this because the sun was shinning off of the cross I was looking up at. I asked God out loud, why do all of these people beleive in you? If you're so real why do little kids get killed in bus accidents? Why do people get cancer? If your so real why don't you show your self to me? I wiped my tears away got a ride, got high for the day and forgot about it.
A few weeks later I called a friend of mine after a night I couldn't remember who went to NA and AA. ( I had been watching him get his life together from a distance) I told him that I have seen him change his life and that I wanted to check out one of those meetings he was going to. He came to pick me up 20 miles away from where he lived. I sat in the back seat as there was a guy in his forties in the front seat, I was nervous and didn't know what to expect. I asked about the meeting and they said just sit back, relax, and listen. I asked where we were going and the said Toms River which was about 20 miles away. This was the area that I grew up in and this is where this friend and most of my friends were from. He drove all they way from that area to get me to bring me all the way back.
What I didn't know was that the meeting was at the very church that I stood in front of just a few weeks earlier when I yelled at the cross and God "if your so real why don't you show yourself to me!" That was November 3rd 1983 and that day I was healed of alcohol and drug addiction. I got chills walking in and my life was changed that day.
Three months later I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior in a little effeciancy apartment that was so small I could be in bed in the kitchen and in the bathroom with out moving.
Next month is 25 years since I have touched a drop of alcohol. My life has been a series of events like this. I 'm starting to think I should write a book I can go on and on I have never written this out before.
I hope to share more as others join this blog and talk about your experience. With that being said the goal of this blog is to now take these experiences and use them for the purpose that God has had for us all along. I do not beleive in coincidences. I do not beleive it is a coincidence that your reading this blog.
If I skip ahead to today I am in the banking industry and have been blessed. If you have been watching the news you know that it is tough times. I have no fear. God already healed me of that which is another story. I say that to say this. I have just watched 1000's of people from Wachovia (my employer) lose their jobs. I am seeing a snap shot of what is to come. It is devastating. I am aligning my skills with Gods purpose for me finally. I am answering the call that I have been running from for years. It is harvest time! I recently started a non profit organization to offer food and prayer for those losing their jobs. harvestprojectamerica.com
I encourage you to ask God to use you and show you what he has designed you to do and how he wants to use you. Every part of the body needs to be working together. That is why my handle is we-band.
So ok enough from me let me hear from you.
