I thought I knew it all. I thought I was sure and I had everything I wanted. But I found out I needed to reevaluate everything. I was wrong. And I was taught wrong. But now I’m learning what is faithful and what makes life worth it. I went through so much on my Christian journey. From amazing and beautiful times to times living in torment I couldn’t explain. It was a long a difficult road. When I was a younger man, I prayed to God that He would give me an adventure of faith. Adventures can have many things involved in them. Sometimes in an adventure, there can be peril. And the Bible tells us we face trials. And I know for certain, as it is written in the Bible, we are living in perilous times. So, I will share my experiences and testimony as a believer in Jesus Christ. And I hope to encourage you and shed light on what a Christian is and what actually works in the Bible for anyone seeking to understand what this life is about and what we should do to make the most of what we can with what we have. Whether the current age ends and life brings us whatever today has for us, or whether we are searching to understand what is coming or not, I pray as you read this you will find insight that is helpful in your walk with searching for understanding. May you be blessed by what I give you; and may you receive something that changes your life for the better so you can live in peace, joy, righteousness, truth, and freedom. Thank you.
I gave my heart to Christ at 12 years old in summer after school had just ended for the year in 1991. I started out going to the Baptist church. When I was a senior in high school, I left the Baptist church and started going to a church of God after I had encountered pentecost at a youth revival at my cousin’s church. I married a classmate who graduated with me in 1998. In 1999, on our one year anniversary, I encountered God and was hospitalized and diagnosed bipolar and schizoaffective. I had to start taking medication for it. In the Christmas season of 2000, I made a choice that changed my life forever. In that time, I had “disobeyed” the Holy Spirit. I was later divorced in 2001. In early 2002, I attempted suicide by drinking brake fluid. I recovered and attempted suicide again in 2005, drinking lighter fluid. I never attempted suicide again after that, but I did contemplate it several times after that throughout the years. I was called to preach the gospel. Many ups and downs from the time I was divorced until just recently this year when my faith changed forever and I started walking a new path, learning to follow a new creed. I have studied the Bible for years. I almost know it like the back of my hand. I can find scripture easily and remember much of it to quote it. I learned through all these years that faith is something that is definitely tested, but also formed by learning from what is written in the Bible, mixed with experiences that come from applying what is written in Scripture in real life. And I found things in real life that didn’t correlate with Scripture. So, this blog will be my attempt to shed light on the “truths” found in the bible, to illuminate your own experience and understanding and to help anyone curious about the Christian faith and knowing what God really is and what God really does. I pray as you consider these things in your mind and heart, that you will deepen your own beliefs in what is actually true and be able to let go of what isn’t. Today is a new beginning for me, and I hope it leads you to one also.
Faith Conclusions 