I've gotta be honest with you guys ok? Some of you will read the following and get really offended because I'm going to use the name "Jesus". Some of you will read the following and think that I'm making this all up, but what I'm about to tell you is the truth. I'm really sorry if you guys get offended but I've really got to tell you the following because it's really important. I need you guys as my friends realize the reason why I'm alive today.
Ok I've always lived in a Christian home all my life, so I grew up knowing the name of this guy who died on a cross a couple of thousand of years ago. This man's name was Jesus. Now this Jesus guy was born through this a girl named Mary only she didn't have sex before so this birth was thought to be a real miracle. (Any ways what I'm trying to say is I knew the Bible stories inside out.)
Any ways.... As I child I was really awful. (I know what your thinking.... LYNN AWFUL? HOW COULD THAT BE? 8) ). I WAS really awful though. I would steal and not think their was anything wrong with it. Go places without telling my parents. Skip school to hang out in the playground etc,,, Well... I guess you guys can probably get the idea that I wasn't my parents favorite kid.
I grew up thinking I was a mistake and that I wasn't really suppose to be here because, I would always hear something that sounded like that. Every time my parents and I got into a fight it would be pretty ugly in my house for a couple of days. Not to mention that I would always get into fights with my brothers and sister. Every time a fight happened in my house guess who was the one they laid the blame on? ME! Any ways... I would always plan to run away but, as you can guess I never did have the guts to do that. I would always think of really stupid reasons like my all time favorite excuse..."If I run away I'm not going to get my Christmas presents!" Any how....
A few years went by and things would always be the same at my house! There would be a fight and guess who was to blame? Me. Well... After a couple of years I realized that running away wasn't going to solve my problems. (After all I figured I should really make my parents and family pay for treating me the way they did.) Well around that time I was also hitting puberty and you can guess how my hormones were running! Any ways... During that time I also felt betrayed by some of my friends so I left them and started hanging out with a new group of friends. These new friends weren't the best role models... I mean after all... they slept around and smoked a lot and, they were only 13 or 14. I however didn't think anything of it at the time. I didn't really feel that what they did was any of my business. After a couple of months of hangout with them I guess you can say I sort of fell into the trap as well. I mean I didn't sleep around or anything like that because of what my youth pastor told me at church, but, I did start taking drags from their cigarettes. (I know you can't believe it! Me smoke. Like I said before.... Your going to find out a lot about me right now that you probably haven't heard before or even thought of me doing before.)
Any ways with that came the best parties and, I also started skipping class to hang out with some of my older friends who had spares. Life went on pretty good for awhile. I mean after all... Parties.... Tons of fun and, I didn't even have to go to class and still pass! This happiness didn't last too long though. One day I was pretty (hummm... what word should I use? Stoned?) I guess I was pretty high and I was told that a classmate of mine collapsed in gym class. I guess when I heard the news you can guess what my reaction was. I thought that it was a big joke and I laughed! I mean after all the guy who told me this would always joke around about death and how he was going to kill people. Well later on that weekend I found out that what the person told me wasn't a joke and that the person really did collapse and later die. Man was I shocked. I guess after that point I was really looking for the meaning of life. I stopped hanging out with my friends and decided that what they offered me really didn't bring peace to my heart. The year before my classmate died I dedicated my life to Christ but forgot about the commitment I had made to him. (For you guys who don't know what I was just talking about. I was just saying that I started to believe of Jesus Christ as my savior and that he really died on my the cross for my sins.) Well after the death I guess I really started to look for answers that I was searching for and the only answer I could find was this. Jesus is the only way to get to Heaven. After that incident I realized that I have to change my ways and really try to live a life that Christ would live. I mean sure I'm not perfect or anything but... I've got the only thing that matters in this life. Jesus Christ. I guess that brings me where I am today and, I hope that one day everyone in this world will be able to feel the love that Christ can put into a persons' heart.
THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE BIBLE VERSES....
For God so loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.(Ecclesiastes 11:9)
Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come inot his house and eat with him and he will eat with me. (Revelations 3:20)
God will rescue you from slander; he will save you when destruction comes. (Job 5:21)
Love is patient and kid; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love odes not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and it's faith, hope, and patience never fail.(1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
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