Every story has a beginning and this is where mine starts. Growing up, my mom never took me to church. I never went to bible studies, but I did have my uncle who is religous and has Jesus. He would take me to church with him on sundays. Over the years untill i was 15 years old. By the time I was 16, i would go every now and then. My life for attending church on sundays fadded away. I was a teenager, working three days a week plus weekends. I also went to a public school.
While my life kept going at the age 17, I was even farther from knowing Jesus. I was a teenager who thought I had it all and knew everything. I was still working but now just about everyday. My boss, who I worked for 6years, is a christian man. When I would work with him, in the mornings, him and I would get into deep conversations about Jesus and talking bout the bible. One day he asked me if I was saved. I said no and im not sure what that is. He told me everything about it, and asked me to attend his church with him. I started goin with him every sunday. But again I fadded away.
I was almost 18years old when I had got my first bible from my grandparents. I would start to read it and fade away like I have in my past.
This is where my life started to change and Jesus was working more than ever into my life. I was 19years old and was living in michigan with my parents. I was working, but still wasnt reading my bible everyday and trying to build my relationship with Jesus. My religious sister and her family lived in another state, she had asked me to come live with her. I had a feeling that this move would draw me closer to Jesus.
So I packed up just about everything and moved to live with my sister and her family. One week went by with living with her and her kids. I was still getting used to living with three children. With out Jesus in my life, I had many things that I needed help with and I couldnt control them without Jesus. I tried working on them by myself. I had a bad temper and attitude. I had a addiction for chewing tobacco and drinking pop. Things started to not work out, fights between my sister because of my attitude. It was getting to the point where I couldnt deal with it anymore. And one day I picked up my bible after seeing my sister continusly do it every morning. I started to read it from the beginning. I would write down my prayers and ask God to help me with chewing, attitude, and my temper. I asked to help save money and Jesus help me to quit drinking pop.
My life had completly changed around. I had the word of God in me every morning and if I didnt, I would be cranky. lol I see so many things now that i couldnt see before. Jesus had open my eyes. I can listen now because Jesus had opened my ears. Everyday now i wake up and go to bed having Jesus in my heart. Everyday i constantly pray, keeping me close to Jesus.
When I look back to my past, I have so many things that im thankful for. I can see now that when I didnt know Jesus, He was always there and somehow drawing me closer to Him.
The ending of this story is my constant growing closer to Jesus!!
