Hey everyone! For those who don't know, I'm in boot camp for the Marines right now! I bet I'm having all kinds of fun! Haha. Not really. I'm probably eating dirt or being yelled at. I have no access to computers but you can write to me the old fashioned way! My address should be up on my blog. If not yet, then soon. I love all of you, my friends. Take care of each other while I'm gone. Anyway, bye!
Hey look. It's my MySpace. Congratulations!
First of all, I love Jesus. He has been the predominant force in keeping my life together and keeping me from probably getting myself killed. I can honestly say that without recognizing God in my life and accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Saviour, I would certainly not be the person I am today.
I have found that this life offers so much more than merely living. There is a God who has taken my failure, my shame, my anger, my hate and made me so much more. He has given me a reason to be the best man I can possibly be. I am nothing more than lost without His hands carrying me daily. I see that He takes my brokenness, my loss, and my sadness and fills me with a love that makes everything right.
With Him, every day is an endeavor to be more like Him; to take that one more step closer to perfection. We are made perfect in Him. He is continuously showing me what things in my life need fixing and He shows me how to do it. In only the last year, I have become a much, much different man than I once was.
There is no telling who I would be today without my Jesus. I was once on a path of certain self destruction. I felt no desire to hear Him speak to me. I was fine with doing whatever I wanted. I was angry, rebellious, and deceitful. I was depressed, empty, and incomplete. I was on the edge of breaking. But it was even at this low point in my life that God was still holding me together and it was through His continued love for me in my moments of self-induced loneliness that I saw a way out of my mess.
I saw that I needed to give up the things that I loved about this world. I realised what needed to go. I saw that there is no point in holding on to that which was dragging me into the dirt and leaving me for the vultures of Satan to pick apart.
I have been made into a stronger and wiser man because of my Jesus. But He can take any life and make it right. The mistakes and failures in a person's life have no negative affect on what He can do with it. I say, give Jesus a chance. Give up your own plans for your life and let Him give you a future and a hope.
This is my heart.
