Here’s my testimony in shortened form:

I came to faith in Jesus at an early age. There’s not much to tell about my pre-salvation life, because what kind of shenanigans can you really get into when you’re 7?

My story involves being set free from lies I had believed almost all my life. Lies like, “No one likes you or wants to get to know you” or “You are not welcome or wanted”. I could be in a crowded place and feel very much alone and be smiling but on the inside be screaming for someone to notice me and tell me I wasn’t a total dork. I have since made peace with my dorkiness.

I finally got very sick and tired of feeling like my well-being was depended on how I perceived others thought about me. I believe Jesus told me, “What are you afraid or or will you ever be afraid of that I haven’t already overcome and conquered through the Cross?”

My story is that I am a broken man being made whole, learning to love and be loved, and learning to give my life away for the cause of Christ and not care what others think. I have been blessed with mentors, family and friends who have lived out Christ to me. Especially being a part of the Kairos Greeter team, I have been blessed and encouraged in so many ways.

So the gist is that my life story is not what I would have written for myself, but one that I hope can be an example of God’s grace to others. I’m not even close to where I thought I’d be at 38, but I am where God wants me. And that is an inifitely better place. God is good. All the time, every day. His goodness more than makes up for my lack of it. In fact, His goodness through the cross is now my goodness.

Amen to that!