Welcome to my blog! This is my first one and I am just getting it off the ground. The reason I created it was to share my testimony on what brought me to Christ.
As a kid and through my early twenties I was raised Catholic in a N. Boston suburb. I was bored out of my mind mass after mass. All I knew about Jesus and the Catholic was Christmas, Easter and guilt.Also where the hot girls sat. I got nothing out of it. I used to time the masses and put and over under on them. I would park in a front spot so I could get out quickly. Over time I missed 2 masses in a row then 3 and then it was like screw it. I didn't care anymore. If people asked I would say I was Catholic and that was the depth to my spirituality.Of course this came back to bite me later. When I hit a rough spell in my late teens I had a drug overdose,fought with my parents,siblings,friends and had no where to turn. When I was 24 I had had enough I decided I needed a huge change. I tried praying(really praying) a few night before for a sign on how to get my life on track. I had dropped out of college and was working a crappy job. My journey took me to Texas. Keep in mind I had never been to Texas and had no job or school to go to there. I went to Texas and worked crappy jobs to start, and started attending a Baptist Church. It was weird as my spiritual life improved and I had a growing desire to know Jesus better my career prospects improved. I was able to go back and get a degree, buy a house, make great money and know Jesus more and more. It was not all that hard either. I start reading the Bible and listened to the sermons from the Pastor. I never read the Bible when I was going to a Catholic Church. I prayed for others instead for myself, I started donating money to the Church, met a wonderful Christian woman and got married. Things were and still are rocking. I have a peace I never felt before. I made amends with my family and make it a point to read the Bible or listen to a sermon(IPOD) every day. I know to some this may sound like a bunch of crap but Jesus saves. Really he does. I didn't just read the Bible and see a dove in the air and say "Holy ^&" I'm saved! I did research about the credibility of Jesus' claims. The witnesses testimony. I grilled the writings and the evidence. I read about what the differences are between religions. I turned over every stone I could because I sure as hell wasn't going to be a brainwashed zombie. At the end of all the research I came to the conclusion that Jesus was born and died on the cross for us. No other religion can boast a claim that their God overcame death nor has the facts to back it up. If I could pass on one tid bit from my testimony it would be that going to Church is nice but read the Bible and learn truth for yourself. God Bless!
