A Day of Celebration

There comes a time when you realize your not a kid anymore. That day was yesterday, my 25th birthday. Now, with that said, it doesn't mean that I can not have fun. Growing up doesn't mean you loose every aspect of what fun is or how to have it. Growing up means taking responsibility for the actions you take. Growing up means seeing the world from a different perspective. Growing up means grabbing a hold of what God has for you. There are many ways a person can grow up; physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Growing up physically is the easy one, it comes naturally. Every day we grow up physically. As we age we grow up physically. Emotionally growing up means putting aside your own emotions for the sake of others.  "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3." Spiritually maturing is a process that takes devoted time with God. "This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 1 Corinthians 2:13"

In order for an individual to achieve a place of up most growth, he or she must commit to all levels of maturity. I repeat myself to reinforce that growing up does not mean not being able to have fun. It simply means that we are a person who is mature. We know what God has for our lives and what His plan for us is. He are a mature and grown up christian. We no longer have to be asked to pray, we just do it. We no longer feel like its a chore to read or Bibles and seek after God. Its something that just comes naturally. Isaiah 58:2 says "For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them." We must be eager to serve the Lord and know him to reach spiritual maturity.

In the Begining

I needed to allow you to dip your feet in the waters of my past, just a little, so there would be a better understanding of everything. I am a devote believer in the power of God and His undying love and mercy. He is the alpha and omega. I am forever grateful to him. The time was late summer in 2005. I had just left my friends house and proceeded down the road home. I remember leaving his house around 1 in the morning. Now, this next part is where it becomes a little vague. Sometime between leaving his house and about halfway home I ventured my way into a ditch hitting a cement driveway. All of this information is not found in my memories. I believe God removed them to rid me of the horrors that were to come. The impact of my car slamming into a wall of cement and dirt turned my car into a taco as I can find no other way of describing the shape that it was in. Approximately 5 hours later a gentleman was driving the opposite direction that I had been passed by and saw remnants of my car strewn on the highway. He continued onward until he felt God speak to him and tell him to turn around. I must pause briefly to fill you in on this angel that God placed on my pathway. I still to this day have not met him. After a long ordeal of ambulance and helicopter rides I found myself in the hospital. I had bruised my brain and therefore was in a comma for 2 days. I had severely damaged my body. The left side of my face was unrecognizable. I broke a rib that lacerated my left lung. The C4 on the back of my neck also fractured as well as both of my ankles. I spent less than a week at the hospital and I am proud to report I walked out of it when it was all said and done. Now that I have filled you in on who I am and what Ive done, I want to make you aware that my mission is to impact lives just as mine has been. I want to share myself and my life's journeys through this in hope and faith that I will impact at least just one life. Remember what I said, If one man can change many, how many can the many change. Share this with your friends and we can sure find out.