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I was taught from childhood that I could do anything I wanted to – be anything I wanted to be. I believed this – as I grew into adulthood I came to see that I could be anything I was willing to put the effort and sacrifice into – that many things one might dream of aspiring to just weren’t worth the effort it took – I determined to be the best in the opportunity I was given – I gave it my everything – only to one day realize I had accomplished many achievements – yet was left not fully satisfied. I had a wonderful life, a great marriage, beautiful children, a great job, a beautiful home, we didn’t hurt for anything, yet something was missing. Each achievement left a fleeing sense of satisfaction. Maybe I was chasing the wrong dream – maybe I had put everything I had into the wrong thing?
Then one day I was invited to attend a church (His Place) – I had visited very few churches – but didn’t find any of them interested me. But this one was different from the moment I walked in the door. I felt like I was home, this was different, yet familiar. I can’t really explain how I felt, but that I KNEW this felt right.
Now a few years later I know it wasn’t the church, I mean it wasn’t that building, those people, but it was the love of God that flowed through them, it was the exact place and time that God had for me, I came face to face with my destiny starting that day. Had I not went that day, God only knows where my life would be right now. Within just a few weeks I accepted Jesus as my savior, I fully submitted my life and all the burdens I had been carrying my entire adult life, and I felt a freedom that can’t be explained, but only experienced.
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