I remember one Sunday in particular. It was the day I got saved! I attended church with my cousin and her family. As the service was going on, I felt a sudden peace and calm come over me that I never felt before. Tears streamed down my face as I felt a love I had never felt before. My cousin noticed and asked what was wrong. I need to get saved was all I could say.
She took my arm and led me to the altar. I said to the pastor “I want to be saved”. He smiled and led me through the sinner’s prayer and I cried with a joy and peace I had never felt before.
I am now forty-four and I have never touched a drop of alcohol or used an illicit drug since that day. I now attend a church in my area where I take care of the sound and play music for my church, which I dearly love to do.
Although I have gone through a lot of problems, I can say that if I had never been brought to the depths of despair that my life and my substance abuse brought me to, I might never have been led to know that I was ready for a change. I was ready to recieve the Lord. In a way, you might say that drugs an alcohol indirectly led me to the Lord.
I definitely would not say that drugs or alcohol are good. It is not something I would recommend to someone else as a means of finding God, but for me, I believe that drugs and alcohol brought me to the realization that I needed the Lord, I needed to be saved!
For me, THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING!
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