A littte info about me. Me and my wifes first 5 years of marriage was very rough! When I mean rough I mean it. But it took me letting God work in me to realize that I married my soul mate! I was young, stupid and immature! Thats right, I can admit to that. I was just a knuckle head still living like I was single. Not caring about nothing. I had a step son (Who I care for the world and is my son), I just had my first born son Elijah. I was just a foolish 20 something year old. Acting like an idiot. I can admit to my faults. I dont put blame on my child hood, how I was raised. Ive always token accountability for my actions. It may sound harsh when I say this, but I dont regret anything. Because it was God calling me out to Alabama to restore my marriage, to become a better believer in Christ! I give it up to Jesus for saving me, my marriage and my family. I can still remember it like it was yesterday going to this church (Church of the Highlands) , that I call home now. I went in and saw the whole place packed out. Folks talking to one another. When the worship team came on. I saw all these different people coming together to worship and praise the Lord. I was over whelmed by the whole thing. I enjoyed it. I remember telling myself im coming back next week and I did. This time I was catching myself singing the words. I was loving it. This went on for about 2 years. It wasnt until the 3rd year I remember our pastor Chris Hodges talking about water baptism coming up. It was that sunday for water baptism. I didnt wake nobody up. I just remember God saying go to church. I got up for the 8 am service. I sat through the service. Our pastor Chris. Said We got everything you need! Extra cloths, under ware anything you need we got it. I swear he was looking at me and talking to me. I got up and went got baptized. I remember I had a fractured foot at the time and when I hit that water, they pain was gone. I got out of the water pain still gone. God was letting me know he was there for me. That moment is a moment that I will remember for ever! I stayed at church all day that day. This was first step in my walk for the Lord. I went from back of the church to sitting first row or second row now. Hands lifted high and giving thanks to God for changing my life around. I still need more. I had to learn to surround myself around other believers who would mentor me, Motivate me, lift me up, and hold me accountable and those men are Rich Brandon, Wayne Sullivan, Ryan Payne, Michael Ingram. These awesome brothers of mine. Helped me with my next step in my walk and thats serving at church. I remember all of them were like do growth track. They were talking about each session. I was like let me see what its all about. I wanted to be a greeter, but little did I know God had bigger plans for me. So I started at Essentials 201, then I did Discovery 301 and followed by Dream Team 401. So 401 is were you get meet the leaders for each team. I remember I went in to be a greeter and they asked me were are you trying to serve. The words that came out of my mouth Online Team. I meet a couple who just open their arms to me and greeted me like they knew me. They werent on the online team, but it goes to show you how awesome my church is. I got the directions to go to the Online Campus. Thats were I met Stony Jackson one of the most humblest, awesome guy you can ever meet. We talked for about 30 mins. I felt like home when I walked in. He told me I had to do Church 101 and I was like no doubt ill do it. I came in for training and I met Alison Young Morgan, Brooke Marie Mauldin, Joi Sowell, and Michael Asher. All of them treated me like family from day one. I knew I was in the right spot. My good friend Kellie Blackwell Gragg was also on the team, but I knew her from talking online when I couldnt make church. She had a big role in me joining the online team as well. She planted a seed in me and always watered it. I met my sister Rachel Milton Dykes a little later down the road, but she is my buddy who I love to death and love serving with her. To all my other online family you play a big role in my life as well. Karmen Payne, Jason Kilgro, Mindy Parker Ryan, Todd, Sue W Parker and Buddy. Love you all. I have awesome pastor David Russell my mentor, my brother. Im glad he has my back and listens to me every time I talk to him. My brother Adam Bassett who I love dearly. A friend who lets me talk his ear off. Im glad I met him. Hes a mentor of mine and im always looking forward to chatting with him. What im trying to get at is. If your trying walk with the Lord. You cant do it by yourself. You got to have people around you who want you to be a leader, stay connected and most importantly be on fire for God. I love my church and my church family. I give all the glory to God for sending these folks into my life.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 21:58:46 +0000
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