Greaaaaat issssss Thyyyyy FAITHFULNESS!!

Good morning church, I wont be before you long I'd just like to touch on how faithful...God is! Its amazing how excited I am about God because I wasn't always. I first got saved when I was like 13 or 14. And yest I was raised in the church but not raised IN the church. My parents are believers and we went to church a lot but we weren't involved really as much as we could have been. So I was one of those kids who knew Jesus but because I didn't build a relationship after being introduced, I drifted away over the course of my life.

In high school i was so focused on school work and track that I didn't make time for God. I only prayed when there was something wrong, and even then it wasn't a guarantee that I would talk to Him at all. I was at that place where I wasn't really even sure that He was listening when I prayed because I didn't feel worthy to even talk to God after how I've been treating Him.

I went to Rutgers in 2006. For someone who never really had the same freedom as most kids in high school, I went crazy my freshman year! What!? I could be out all hours of the night, I could party, I didn't have to study if I didn't feel like it, and I could even have a drink (shhhhh!). Through ALL of this....God has been faithful.

I could have died my freshman year, from one thing or another. College is safe yet just as dangerous all the the same time. I could have gotten .2 lower of a grade point average and gone on academic probation. (being a student athlete you had to have at LEAST a 2.0 to compete...my first semester was a 2.1) But He was faithful.

My grades got better with each semester. I partied less and less each semester. I started going to church more (without my parents in my ear). I joined the gospel choir on campus and that brought in the support of fellowship. God has been faithful in that He began to let me see Him on my own, with my own heart. The seed was planted by my parents when I was young but I found my way back to the Rock!

I graduated (Praise Him!) and then I went home. There goes my Christian support system. Not that my parents are not supportive. But being able to go and just hang out with Christian friends whenever, at anytime, made a huge difference in my life, me being the social butterfly that I am. I usually got myself in to trouble by hanging out with just any'ol body. There's a difference when you hang out with people with at least WANT to know Jesus more.

I say all of this to say, Jesus really IS Faithful. He has kept me because He wants to use me. Why do you think I'm still here? No matter what you are going through just remember that God is Faithful! He will not let you fall by the sword of the enemy! Just as long as you Trust Him. I didn't always trust God. But seeing the things He has done in my life even before I re-dedicated myself, excites me because now that I truly believe I know He is going to bless me big! Thank you Father for keeping me safe all these years! Use me as you see fit and accept my praise as a token of my honor and gratitude! Hallelujah!