Thursday, 27 September 2012
Hope: Transforms
The month of August has been a month of reflection for me. Throughout the month I could not stop thinking about my life's story. I would look back on my past with amazement at how much my life has turned around for good and for the Glory of God!
I was reminded that just ten years ago I was going through a divorce, battling the challenges of being a single parent to my son, risking losing my son through poor life choices and not to mention battling for my life with addiction in the dark world of drugs and alcohol.
At this time in my life I was hanging out with some very unsavoury characters who befriended me for their own gain and prosperity; not for friendship but for dollars! I was enslaved in a world of pride and power, living a life that demanded self-gratification, void of love, hope and peace! The joy that I had at that time in my life was knowing that I could possibly die tomorrow and end my awful existence. What a twisted sense of hope! I recalled how depressed I was, and how alone I felt. I was imprisoned and trapped in an awful hellish nightmare thinking at that time I could never escape it.
I was reminded that just ten years ago I was going through a divorce, battling the challenges of being a single parent to my son, risking losing my son through poor life choices and not to mention battling for my life with addiction in the dark world of drugs and alcohol.
At this time in my life I was hanging out with some very unsavoury characters who befriended me for their own gain and prosperity; not for friendship but for dollars! I was enslaved in a world of pride and power, living a life that demanded self-gratification, void of love, hope and peace! The joy that I had at that time in my life was knowing that I could possibly die tomorrow and end my awful existence. What a twisted sense of hope! I recalled how depressed I was, and how alone I felt. I was imprisoned and trapped in an awful hellish nightmare thinking at that time I could never escape it.
But to God's Glory, he turned my life around so radically and gave me back all that was lost. I have since remarried to the most wonderful girl in the wold. I have overcome addiction, I have two wonderful sons and another baby on the way and I have a restored friendship with my ex-wife and her husband. I no longer have ties with unsavoury people in the community. I live a clean God-fearing life today with Love, Joy, Peace and the greatest gift: hope.
I guess the reflections I was having in my past, the "pinch me epiphany" moments was God's way of reminding me that only HE, God, can be the true source of transformation in our lives and the world today! Believe me when I say I have tried other routes, methods, and schemes to change my life and none of these other ways helped me like the power of Jesus Christ. Though Stepping Up is able to give so much practical help to these young dads I realize it's only through Christ's divine power we change fully! My hope for these young dads is that they would encounter the power of Christ in each of their lives and situations and be forever changed, the way my life was changed forever by him.
I guess the reflections I was having in my past, the "pinch me epiphany" moments was God's way of reminding me that only HE, God, can be the true source of transformation in our lives and the world today! Believe me when I say I have tried other routes, methods, and schemes to change my life and none of these other ways helped me like the power of Jesus Christ. Though Stepping Up is able to give so much practical help to these young dads I realize it's only through Christ's divine power we change fully! My hope for these young dads is that they would encounter the power of Christ in each of their lives and situations and be forever changed, the way my life was changed forever by him.
Thanks for sharing in my story.
- Dave
- Dave
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