It's never to late to change, even for the worst of us

[Seethe]

My name is Theodore Davis, and today it’s been one year since I accepted Jesus Christ as my lord ‘n savior. Each and every day I thank him for the warmth he’s brought onto my heart

I ain’t scared to admit my road to rebirth was long and scary. I ain’t scared to admit I was a sinner. I was brought in a god n Christian household, but for all too many years, I was just blind to the grace of god. I was a terrible kid, I admit it. I vandalised, I stole and I even set thing on fire. I lande in juvenile hall for it, and after that things just got plain worse.

Growing up I spend many years, in and oughta juvie, in and oughta jail. I’ve done terrible, that to this day still sicken me. I’ve lied, cheated and stolen. I’ve harmed my fellow man and I’ve broken the worst of all commandments. I’m 37 years old now and I’ve 16 of those years in jail or juvie. I’d seen terrible things, and I’d done worse.

By the end of everything, I’d owe money away, plenty more money than I owned, that’s for sure. I’d been drinking and shooting all of it up, and I was left all outta luck. And I started thinkin’ to myself “you might as well end it all Teddy; you wouldn’t hurt nobody anymore, you wouldn’t be owing any more” and I would damn well have done. I woulda been tying a rope and dancing on air, if it wasn’t for the love of my friend Lisa. ‘Cause of her, I went to church and confessed. I told him I was a bad man, I had done bad things. Horrible things. And I told im’ I was afraid, cause now it was all coming back to me. I was scared outta my wits. Know what he told me? It wasn’t to late. I didn’t have to be the same old Teddy who did all of those things. It wasn’t too late to accept the Lord into my life. And he told me, if I got scared, I just needed to remember: “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid” and he was right

It’s been a whole year now, and by the grace of God, I’ve been forgiven. I’m a changed man now, new man now. That day, in that confession both, the me who had sinned died, and I became reborn. I’ve been keeping my nose clean, staying oughta trouble. I’ve got a steady job, and just two months back, I got engaged. And not a day goes by where I don’t thank god, for the countless blessings his love has given me.

 

[tapero]

I praise God for your life and your journey to Him.

 

[angelwind]

I am so glad I read your testimony...thanks for sharing.

 

[HeAv3n]

Absolutley, its never too late with God. I just recently believed that. I have been a Christian for about a year like you, and I worry that when my grandfather accepted christ on his death bed that he really didn't become a christian. To me it seems like its "unfair" to all the other faithful christians, but my mom reminded me that Jesus hung out with those kinds of people and that no matter what you did before, Jesus forgives. Great testemony Btw