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I was a headbanger and loved Ozzy Osbourne.

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First of all, I grew up in a very violent house. My brother and I had a routine when our dad would beat our mother, he would get the ice and I would get the wet cloth to wipe the blood from her face. I have seen my mother with her eyes swelled closed and her lips 3 times the size they should be. And we were also hit some. A slap in the head, a kick or a busted mouth - we knew what they were. My mom and dad divorced after 19 yrs. We were kids, yet we were happy about it. My dad married a woman who hated us and didn't care that she showed it. Daddy ignored it. My brother was shot and killed in front of my eyes when I was 16 and it took me 10 long yrs to get over it. (I didn't have God then)
After that, I fell into a cycle of smoking, drinking, headbanging, Ozzfest attending funk. If Ozzy came to town, I was there! I went every year for years. I took pills and drank all day long up into the night.
But the Lord changed it all. He took Ozzy out of me. He replaced my desires for that mess with righteous ones.
I don't care one tiny bit where Ozzy Osbourne is. I Love the Lord. I live my life completely by the Bible and for Jesus Christ. It's only by God's grace, that after all I've done, that I'm NOT dead or dying from some disease! Thank you Lord. Thank you Father. I love you, Lord!!!!
 

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I'm sad in part because you lost your brother and had that bad thing happen to your mother and having a dad like that. And happy in part because you got rid of all that trash that the world gives and accepted the Lord.

Keep it up man , although i was not a fan of black metal i was fan of reggaeton and Rock with bad lyrics, i'm not saying all these genres are bad because that's why the christian versions exist, but i the world versions are not any good.
 
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