A Story of Amazing Grace
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:14 amAs a child I never felt I fit in, something never seemed right. Had a good family but things weren't always so great. As growing and sitting in Church would be listening to the preacher man speak on heaven. Would begin day dreaming and would see me walking in heaven holding the hand of One dressed in fine linen, He had a smile on His face. The roads were as if they were made of gold shining of diamonds sparkling as the Light of the One holding my hand lit up the whole city around us. He took me to this place where others were around He sat on a rock under this tree. We all sat around His feet as He begin to tell us a story. I'd wake up from out of my day dreaming, my brother telling me to stand up and bow my head for prayer. Scolding me for not listening to the sermon that had been preached.
As time went on and I grew, some bad things occurred which separated me from my family and now on my own living a hard life. Getting in much trouble and finding myself lost much of the time. Spending so much of my time getting high or having a bit to much to drink. Found myself sitting in a jail cell a few times. Then to my amazement I got married but it only turned to look more and more like a failure in trying. Being lost and no where to turn I begin opening up my bible. Had it packed away with many things and I question if God was even real. The journey of this life seemed to hard to bare and to carry on. Would ask myself how is there a God if there is no hope. Little by little would just keep reading my bible got to a place was reading sometimes daily. Begin praying and thought maybe I'm just not understanding God when He speaks. Bible says seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened. Soo, just keep trying.
Would keep praying and keep reading the bible till one night laying about in bed I prayed and ask for forgiveness for something I'd not even done. And all about the room was filled this presence of righteousness, it was all so awesome feeling. No one word could describe what this all felt like and there wasn't enough words to describe it. Could feel the presence of Him just a couple of feet away. You didn't dare move and you almost be to scared to look even though you could not see Him. Can hear what He is saying but not in a voice as me or you can hear. For He said I AM, you just knew it was Lord Almighty and now finding myself in the very presences of our Lord. Never again from this moment on could I ever doubt there was a loving Christ. Once I was lost but now I'm found. Some time passed and knew I had to give my life over to Christ once and for all. Nothing matter except for Him alone. One day as standing by the kitchen sink looking out the window was thinking back to when I had sat in Church that time as a child and day dreamed of that golden street and city how the Lord was holding my hand as we walked together. Wishing this could have been a true picture of a day to come, felt the Holy Spirit wash over me and a small whisper in my ear saying, This what you have seen as a child is true.
As time went on and I grew, some bad things occurred which separated me from my family and now on my own living a hard life. Getting in much trouble and finding myself lost much of the time. Spending so much of my time getting high or having a bit to much to drink. Found myself sitting in a jail cell a few times. Then to my amazement I got married but it only turned to look more and more like a failure in trying. Being lost and no where to turn I begin opening up my bible. Had it packed away with many things and I question if God was even real. The journey of this life seemed to hard to bare and to carry on. Would ask myself how is there a God if there is no hope. Little by little would just keep reading my bible got to a place was reading sometimes daily. Begin praying and thought maybe I'm just not understanding God when He speaks. Bible says seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened. Soo, just keep trying.
Would keep praying and keep reading the bible till one night laying about in bed I prayed and ask for forgiveness for something I'd not even done. And all about the room was filled this presence of righteousness, it was all so awesome feeling. No one word could describe what this all felt like and there wasn't enough words to describe it. Could feel the presence of Him just a couple of feet away. You didn't dare move and you almost be to scared to look even though you could not see Him. Can hear what He is saying but not in a voice as me or you can hear. For He said I AM, you just knew it was Lord Almighty and now finding myself in the very presences of our Lord. Never again from this moment on could I ever doubt there was a loving Christ. Once I was lost but now I'm found. Some time passed and knew I had to give my life over to Christ once and for all. Nothing matter except for Him alone. One day as standing by the kitchen sink looking out the window was thinking back to when I had sat in Church that time as a child and day dreamed of that golden street and city how the Lord was holding my hand as we walked together. Wishing this could have been a true picture of a day to come, felt the Holy Spirit wash over me and a small whisper in my ear saying, This what you have seen as a child is true.
