Entertaining, Speaking, and Life Changing: Personality Personifying A Powerful Christ

(Relating for services at Hope Fellowship dating Sunday, March 22, 2009)

Pastor Mark had this great idea earlier in the week to video myself and others that had a great story with the money to share with everyone...but God moves in a way that we may never understand...and honestly that is fine with me.

He thought he would rather get us up in front of everyone and share...not a bad idea, but when you give someone like me a mic I could easily get long winded. So I related my story to everyone there, and my goodness, it was just like I was home. It felt as if waves of joy were spreading from people and across the room. Pastor Mark was a great sport and it was wonderful to have such a warm audience. But in fact, that had a greater purpose, and lead you to what you have the before you...I post-dated somethings to help most readers but here is where I will get to the bread and butter of me and my journey.

*My Back Story* I am a transplant to this area. I came here for Christmas vacation with my (ex)wife one time and somehow I never left. We were expecting our first child and her mother lived in South Carolina, so we decided to pack-up everything and make our vacation permanent. To make a long story short things did not work out like we thought and I stayed in Anderson because I did not know what else to do. But to understand my being "lame" we must go back even further. Many years ago my father was victim to a "mysterious death" that never has been fully explained nor resolved. I needed my father more than ever at that time, and felt so alone afterward. I lost my way and was consumed by anger and spite for something I could not or did not want to understand. I shunned religion but remained a scholar of many just to see if any held the answers I wanted to hear. I lost my voice to God and fell deaf to his calls. I ignored anything he did for me in life, and did nothing for his glory, other than just to survive. But that all changed when I met a very special family...Dorinne, Dave, Samantha, and Amanda. Without them I would not be the person I am striving to be today. Thank you and love you guys.

~Back To The Show!~

My how awesome is it to be back in the arms of the Lord! Have you felt that energy lately? The strength of the Holy Ghost lending you a hand. No longer do I cry out, "Oh Lord, WHY LORD!? WHY!?" Instead I cry, and thank God for everything in life. I have stopped trying to rationalize those things in which I can not grasp, instead I embrace it, knowing one day it will teach me more than I will ever know...

I hope and pray that those that find solace in anything I can provide here is blessed beyond this world. Know that I would rather be poor on Earth and rich in Heaven.

See you Sunday!