"He Changed Me"

When I look back on my life and the places that I have been and the things that I have been through, I can honestly say that it had not been for the grace of God I would not be here today. I was born the daughter of a Preacher, a man who loved God and made it a practice to be a living testimony of the Word of God. I was taught the books of the bible at a young age and I knew much of the bible by the time I was a teen. Then life hit, the time when I could choose to do what I wanted and for some odd reason, the bible was no where in the picture. I lived a life of sin and disobedience with no thought of the consequence. When life got hard I knew how to call on God but, I rarely did. I hung out in the wrong places, with the wrong people and walked around with my head held high like I had nothing to be ashamed of. From the life I lived no one could tell that I came from a family grounded in church and when I look back I wonder how I made it. I came close to death so many times from car accidents, to being physically abused, to being robbed but, God had mercy on me and kept me. Who is this man that would love the unlovable, save the lost, and keep someone who didn't want to be kept? I remember being reintroduced to him, riding in the car looking out of the window with tears flowing down my cheeks and I fixed my eyes on a sign that read, " I love you" ~God. I thought to myself, "you love me"? That day our love began. I would talk to him every chance I got and it was his pleasure to show me how much he loved and cared for me , you see love is an action word and God is an action God. I didn't have to go all out of my way to see that his love was very real. Slowly but, surely God removed the negative people from my life whether they moved away, went to jail, or decided they no longer wanted to be around me if they had to go, they did. The more I talked to him, the more he answered and soon we were inseparable. I yearned for him, longed for him; I just couldn't get enough of his love and kindness. I had trusted many people in my life, most of whom disappointed me; I had befriended many people yet, most became an enemy but, since I have given my life to God one thing I know will always be is that no matter what happens, MY God will take care of me.