I am feelin' great, feelin' groovy! And do you wanna' know WHY?
Because I have the LORD JESUS CHRIST in my life!!!
I wasn't always the happy go lucky kid you see..I used to be a regular pain in the ass, to put it mildly. I was sullen, uncaring,
a regular b****. I cared for nobody but myself, and I cared little for my parents, especially when they would get mad at me when I did things..stupid things, mind you, like trying to join that gang when I was 12 and hangin' around the gang kids or gang "wannabes". Or the time I suckered Dwerlina into watching the little kids because I had such a hot date....
I was into body piercing big time; besides my ears, I also had my belly button and my nose pierced, and boy, did mom and dad EVER get *SORE* about *THAT*!!!
"You're MUTILATING yourself!!" dad screamed at me. "You must be CRAZY to be doing that to yourself!!" Mom didn't say much, but she cried buckets that day when I had come home with my nose and belly button pierced. (One of my friends had done this for me. I had done it on a dare.)
But then I went to dad's church one Sunday; they were having some sort of thing going on, some sort of play about Heaven and Hell; and that night, many people accepted Jesus Christ because the play scared them. It all looked *SO REAL*, and it literally *SCARED THE HELL OUTTA ME*!!!!
(I didn't accept Jesus right away, but I DID do so several weeks after the play.)
Ever since, my mood has changed DRAMATICALLY. I am no longer the sullen kid I was once. I now have a caring heart, and I have learned to be considerate and show compassion to those around me; and I have learned to accept my family (warts and all!) and love them back as they have loved me, ever since I first joined them. (I am adopted, in case you haven't already guessed.)
I also have a job I love: I work at the Golden Corral Restaurant, where I am a cashier/line person. I have been there since before Mother's Day--like around back in February, when I was first hired--, and I really love my job. My bosses and my co-workers are great people, and I just LOVE my *CUSTOMERS*!! (The ONLY thing I *HATE* about my job? WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS, especially on Sunday, where *I HAVE TO MISS CHURCH*!!!!)
Most of the time I am feelin' fine, feelin' groovy. It's as though the Lord Jesus Christ put a "bounce" to my step, and an unspeakable joy in my heart that I really can't describe; except to know that because of Him, my life has been changed dramatically, and now I am RADICAL when it comes to my faith! I feel as though I *HAVE TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS*, and I *JUST CAN'T STOP*!!!!!
(((DEDICATED TO MY LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.)))
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