The Lord is My Shepherd and I Shall Not Want for Anything

Now my life is nothing spectacular. I am not a movie star, I am definitely no where near rich (monetarily that is), I do not live in a 50 room mansion, and I do not drive a brand new Mercedes every month.

But let me tell you this, my life is blessed beyond words.

First of all, at the age of 18 I accepted Jesus Christ into my life, I was baptized, and I have not been the same since.

But you know what, I am only human. Sure there have been numerous times I have backslidden into old ways and habits. Yet, with Jesus' help, I made it through them and back out of them.

Up until I was 18 and accepted Christ, my life was spent much of the time on being defiant, argumentative, and downright 100% stubborn. I was headstrong and foolish also.

Then there came a time after I graduated high school that I finally figured out that being headstrong, defiant, and argumentative was not going to work in the real world. So, for a few months, I tried to just do things on my own. You know, I was just trying to be independent from anyone. Oh my, what a mess did I get into with that?!

Well, the first thing was that I had a good scholarship to go to college. Well, I lost that just because I was too "party oriented" and would not study. Therefore, I started doing poorly in my classes.

Well, I decided to take just classes I was interested in (they were all agriculture related) and leave it at that. That is what I did. Let me tell you, it go me absolutely no where. I never did get a degree! But now I would really like to continue my education, and I am praying I can in the very near future.

It was not until I stated going to a church in my neighborhood (at the invitation of a friend) that I started feeling there was something missing from my life. Now it took me about a month to finally realize what that, no WHO that was. That is right, God was completely missing from my life.

Oh, now I had always known there was a God, and I believed in Him. I had just never accepted Him and given Him control of my life.

Then it happened. I was at church one Sunday night, and they had a guest speaker. This young man had been in and out of prison from the time he was 13. He had stolen things, used drugs, and his last offense was trying to rob a person at gunpoint when he was 16. He stayed in jail quiet a while for that one. But while he was there he chose to accept God, thus, he was going around telling his story.

Right then and there I know Who the missing piece in my life was. That night my life did a complete 180 degree turn, and I have never regretted it since. I was baptized two weeks later, and now I know that I am forgiven.

Like I said, I have done things since then that I am not proud of. But there is one difference, now I know that if I do something wrong, God is waiting to take me into his arms and comfort me and tell me that everything is going to be alright. I just ask for forgiveness, tell God I am sorry, and accept that God has forgiven me. The most important thing though is never to make the same mistake again!

I am married now with a five year old son. God has blessed me more than I have ever deserved. My family and I are the "richest" people in the world. We may not have a dime to our name, but we have our Lord and Jesus. He has never ever failed to provide for us, and I am 100% certain that He never ever will. Praise the Lord!

Source: Personal testimony