My Faith

Here is my story…

I grew up in a Christian home. I was in church all the time, it seemed like 8 days per week. From the outside, I appeared to be a “good kid.” I stayed out of trouble and did what I was supposed to do. But around 15 or 16 years old, things started to shift. No one else really saw it, but I knew something was not right in my heart. I started making choices that I knew were wrong, and I could feel the weight of my sin.

The biggest realization for me was this, I was not who I thought I was. I did not have real peace. I did not have real joy. And when I looked at my life honestly, I knew I did not have the kind of “fruit” that God talks about in Matthew chapter 7. That is when it became real to me, I was not just a “good kid” who needed to try harder. I was a sinner who needed a Savior.

The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that all have sinned and don’t meet God’s standard, and I knew that included me. Romans 6:23 showed me that the wages of sin is death, meaning my sin separated me from a holy God. I knew that I deserved eternal punishment in a real place called hell. But Romans 5:8 is when it became personal to me, God showed His love to me, in that while I was still a sinner, He sent His Son Jesus to die for me. Jesus took my place and paid for my sin.

Then I saw the response God was calling me to. Romans 10:9 says that if I confess with my mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in my heart that God has raised Him from the dead, I could be saved. And Romans 10:13 made it clear to me that if I called upon the name of the Lord, He would save me.

On August 8, 1996, my dad walked me through the plan of salvation. In that moment, I admitted to God that I was a sinner, and I trusted Him as the only sacrifice worthy of cleansing my sin and giving me an eternal home in heaven.

And He did. It became real, and my life has never been the same!

If you are not 100% sure where you stand with God, if your sins are not yet forgiven, I would love to walk through this with you in person and show you from the Bible how you can accept Jesus as your Savior as well. Please reach out to me. It would be my absolute joy to tell you my God story in person.