Bunch of chickens you guys are!! [:@]Guess I'll go first.
Okay, I grew up in a very christian home. Mom was a very spiritual woman, full of the Holy Spirit,my bestspiritual mentor to this day. Dad was saved, but not really a spirit filled guy. Think he went along with whatever mom said!
So of course I had accepted Jesus at a young age and been baptized, the whole nine yards.
The day I graduated high school my parents moved to N.C. I stayed behind in Augusta really because of the girl I was dating at that time.
I had freedom I had never known before! I could do WHATEVER I wanted and I did.
I was into the club and party scene right off the bat. All I did was drink and get high. It cost me my relationship with the girl I was with. I didn't care. Gettin' high was more important. But it got old, I needed something better--enter Cocaine. I fell in love with it. I was Superman on that stuff. I even quit drinking to save money so I could get more coke. The logic. It was getting to expensive. I needed something better. Enter crystal meth. My new favorite drug. Cheaper and stronger. I kept this habit for 3 yrs. Full blown addict. It was my god. I didn't get out of bed unless I could get high.
There were several failed attempts from friends and family to get me straight, but I wasn't hearing them.
It wasn't till I met Bethany, the girl I married, that I started to slow down. Not stop, just slow down a little. Just enough to hide it.
Make a long story short she got pregnant. We ran off and got married.This brought me to the crossroads in my life. One way was surely death, and I knew it. The other way was almost just as scary to me. I knew I would have to face the music. Sobriety was a scary thought because it had been so long since I had been sober. I didn't know who I really was or who I would be. That scared me more than dying. I fought with this for the whole pregnancy.
When my first child was born I was high at the hospital. That was the last time I was ever under the influence. I saw the miracle of childbirth and immediately knew who I was. A father, and a husband. Since then I've given my life to Christ, along with my wife, been baptized again,and we've been growing ever since. I know me still being here is only because of Gods grace. For the amount of chemicals I've put into my body, I should be dead. Now I am a little scatter brained from the drugs, and I think it gave me A.D.D.!!But I'll take it, considering I'm so rich with Gods blessings!
That's it in a nutshell, hope I didn't bore you to death!
I'm anxious to hear manumans and reb's!!
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"If I could just get Obama to hold my glendale for me..."
Abe,
You are a walking miracle to the grace of God. Anybody just can't get off Crystal Meth. Very powerful testimony of the power of God. Keep on keeping on in Him. I've got relatives on that stuff. Can not get off .
C7
Well, for me it was some of the same old same old stuff. I grew up in a Christian home--my Father was a Pastor in the Presbyterian Church--the very conservative brand! Being a PK is a tough way to go growing up, and I didn't care for all the labeling by kids, scrutinizing by the church folks, and all the rejection by people because of being a PK--you know--Oh, here comes Mr Goody 2 shoes--be careful what you say, and stop whatever it was that you were doing, because he'll be the party pooper.I really didn't fit in because of this, and the fact that we moved fairly regular. So, I ended up trying hard to be popular and to fit in--that became my obsession and my god.Fortunately for me, by the grace of God , in actuality, I never did become involved in drugs or alcohol, and it is good because I usually go all out when I do become involved. I became very involved in sports and music.It really doesn't matter what avenue we take, because no matter what form sin takes, it is still rebelion against God, and it seperates us from Him.Drugs, alcohol, illicit sex, or makig a god out of popularity--it still is sin and idloatry. We made a move to WV when I graduated from high school, and I had to leave my true love behind--what was her name?So, I was faced with having to fit in all over again, and this time it all went great. I grew alot, became stronger, and was om track to play golf and football at WV State. I, instead ended up going to another school the following semester, and began playing soccer, which is another story in itself. But, the fitting in thing was going great, and I actually was happier than I had ever been. I got what I was looking for. I could go out with any girl I wanted to, and was excelling in sports and was fitting in all around. I started dating this one gilr who was a year older and a lot wiser--a Christian, of course. I was also into music alot, and going to concerts, in fact was starting a band that I was the lead singer in--so, like I said--all was well in Smallville. I wasn't experiencing any crash and burn or difficulties--just the opposite--but, I started havinga gnawing dissatisfaction growing. I had finally gotten what I thought was the ultimate, and it just wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.I found myself beginning to separate myself from the very people that I had fought so hard to please and be accepted by. I knew what it meant to be a believer, but, I never had come to the place of real faith--although I had walked an aisle several times to 'accept' Christ--which was no more than an intellectual assent to His reality.I broke up wth this Christian girl and dated the first 'hottie' that made her self available to me. We were at a Joe Cocker concert in Charleston WV, and I was fine and dandy, until the Lord gave me, a real eye opening experience. I was there in the middle of the crowd, rocking along, looked at the hottie, looked at the crowd--smoking, passing around the joints, and cups, and I had my eyes literally opened spiritually for the first time, and it seemed as if I were head and shoulders taller than everyone else. I looked on stage, and Joe Cocker was puking his guts out--and I KNEW that I didn't want any more part of this life that I had spent my entire previous energy and time developing. I looked at the ceiling, and prayed--Lord, get me outta here! I took my girlfriend home--never to go out with her again, and basically--overnight, I dumped all of the 'friends' that I had , and started following the Lord. For someone to walk away from everything that mattered to them, up to that point, was nothing short of a miracle. He began to miraculously provide new friends and new goals, and a completely new perspective in life.
Well Abe this has been done before and I gave a long one. This time it's going to be short!
It was in April of 1967 when I met my already Christian wife and she led me to Lord. As God is my witness, I never smoked weed or done any drugs other than Bud Long Necks, Jack Black and RedMan which I gave up to be able to marry my wife in 1968, and never touched the stuff again!
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Jesus said, "he who stands firm to the end will be saved" Mark 13:13.
Live Life in such a way that those who do not know Christ will come to know Him because they know you
I got saved in Viet Nan I was 18 years old. A friend of mine from the 173rd Airbone Div. led me to the Lord. I had been raised Catholic frombirth, at age 10 converted to the Mormon religion, but I never knewJesus as personal Lord and Savior until Otis Sewell sat downand explainedsalvation to me that dark night in July 1969. Sure Idid all those other bad things too, but I'd like to reflect on how much God has done for me since, rather than to go back to those ugly days.
Amen guys,
I love to read those testimonies. Great folks. Never tried Jack Daniels Reb. Mine was Southern Comfort. Drank a pint once and joined the army.
CHuck
Amen guys,
I love to read those testimonies. Great folks. Never tried Jack Daniels Reb. Mine was Southern Comfort. Drank a pint once and joined the army.
CHuck
HA! Drinking Southern Comfort was like drinking perfume.The only drink that could not be substituted, even when a person hadlost thier senses!
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Jesus said, "he who stands firm to the end will be saved" Mark 13:13.
Live Life in such a way that those who do not know Christ will come to know Him because they know you
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But I'll take it, considering I'm so rich with Gods blessings!
