Before I came to know Jesus Christ as LORD, my life and my attitude was surrounded by anger, and bitterness. There were two topics that I would never even think about discussing with anyone and they were Religion and Politics. I figured that both topics being the hot buttons that they are, would only cause disagreement and cause arguments, so I just avoided them. I even got to the point to whenever anyone would even start to discuss Religion or God, I would have to leave the room because I would get so frustrated. I had figured that if I could not place my hands on it or see with my own two eyes that it was not real, nor did it exist. I would go to church as a kid, and even into my teens, not getting much out of the services other than the music was usually nice. On March 31, 2002 Easter Sunday things were different. After all these years of sitting in services, I was finally hearing the call of God's voice and the tug on my heart telling me that there was no hope for me outside of God and his Love for me; that I had to surrender my will for His. So there in the pew as best as I knew, I asked God to come into my life; to have rule over it and that my soul was His. I wanted to let God write the story of my life from then on, not me.
I will say that I still struggle with my faults and my failures; how I fall short of God's desire for my life, and I still have to hand over the pen to him, usually several times each day. But I praise God for lessening the anger and bitterness in my life, and most of all for the song that He placed in my heart to share the Good news with others and have them come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through song and through my love for southern gospel music. I still don't talk about politics very much, but I will share the love that I have for Jesus through song, and will continue to do so till I am called home to Glory in Heaven and worship Jesus for the rest of eternity.
The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful wife and we were married on June 21, 2008, and He is continuing to bless and watch over us, and allow us to grow not only in our love for each other but our Love for Him also.
