My relationship with Him

[Life_in_faith]

I was born into a christain family and regularly attended church and sunday school. My parents "forced" me to attend and being so young i thought it was just this boring place filled with old people that i was made to go to for an hour and a half every week. In my early teens i turned to marijuana as a way to fit in around my peers. Msan, at that time i thought the only thing that mattered was being the biggest bad-*** i could be. I never thought God was all that important in my life. I was able to easily pass all my high-school classes at a private college prep school while most of time still maintaining the buzz that hadn't left me since middle school. Oh, how full of myself i was. I rebelled against my parents and didnt go to college but instead left my home to go live with my best friend(who was also my drug dealer). I continued in sin for the better part of a year until i moved in with my girlfriend. I had been with her almost nine years when we decided to get a place. I was still doing drugs at this point but had not thought much of that, or even considered that it may affect my relationship with my girl. After living in sin for the better part of my life i came to a point where God made me choose. It was Christmas and i ask my girlfriend to marry me. She accepted and for once i thought that things would start turning around for me. This is where God stepped in and opened my eyes. Valentines day rolled around and my girlfriend told me she was leaving me, this would have been bad enough except she also let me know she was leaving me to be with another girl. Well, this life altering situation drove me to come to terms with my creator and the way i was living my life. My mother, more than anyone besides God, helped me to realize that i was a sinner and needed an intimate relationship with my savior if there was to be any hope for me. zSince giving myself up to Him, i have experienced things that I cannot even begin to describe but also must give praise for they surely came from God. Everyday the Lord helps me as i go back and revisit all those old places i used to hang out and witness to those i had sinned with. It is truly the hardest thing I have ever done going back to someone that I did drugs with and try to explain the hows and whats of my life now. I cannot say enough about the strength, passion, and faith i have found through my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I pray that all his children will be strengthened in thier walks with him, and i give praise to Him for all the new souls he harvests every single day. May he stand with you all for ever, grace and peace to you.

 

[Chino]

Wow and you only 20? I also have some friends that live with drug dealers and it keeps them locked in a cycle of money, drugs and the next novelty. That's great you were able to be saved from your situation!

 

[Life_in_faith]

Amen brother!
Thank God i was able to escape. And you're right, the mindset you get into when you live like that is so destructive. And yes i am only twenty but i do feel like God has already led me through one life and now i get another. He freed me from my enslavement to sin and brought me back to light. To him i owe my life and to him will i give it. God be with you. Grace and peace to you.

 

[bfly]

God Bless you