730 Days

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The following post is one received from a dear friend and true Brother to us in this journey with Christ. His post speaks to the joy of liberty in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus, and to our need for His presence at the center of our lives, every day. Love you, Brother.

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What can I say but "Wow!"

I struggled with addiction since I was 13 yrs old. On November 21, 2004, I surrendered. I gave my will and life over to God of my understanding; I opened the door.

I [had] heard the knocks, but refused to listen to them. I knew it was Jesus. I wanted to do things my way, not God's way. I had to be shown, beat down and broken.

I accepted Jesus back in my life, and my life has never been the same.


I have entered a world I had forgotten years ago. I feel like a child again. Everything to me is like a new experience. In some ways, I feel as if I was dead during those 25 years of addiction.

God is beside me at all times, showing me how to live. It is so amazing.

He has given me friends; something I never had before. He took to a city (Sidney, Ohio) where I knew no one. Now I have a network of friends who love me for who I am. I feel worthy now, and know who I really am.

I'm on this journey that I dont want to stop. Every day is new, full of God's loving grace and power so great that it almost makes me want to cry.

I know that God has great plans for me in the years to come. I pray to Him often and talk to Him as my friend.

My hope is to help people to know who God is, and His amazing power, and how He can change a person and their life for the best life to come.

I am so full of gratefulness, that I want to share it with everyone.

Its great to be sober today.

I must progress foward no matter what.