JigstaSince1983's 1994 Ford Taurus SHO

To start off, I give Honor and Praises to my Heavenly Father. I was raised and brought up in the church. About the age of 13, I fell off. I did not have a role model, a young person like me that was Christ-like. I turned from God and lived a destructive life style all while pretending my life was okay. I never did drugs but did the drinking at clubs and was sexually active. For 4 years I was empty trying to fill up the God shaped hole, but thought I could fill it with worldly things. At the age of 21, I raised my hand to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I slowly was cutting my past away, but it kept fighting to get back in. Many times it did. I had no role model, no one to see how I was supposed to be. I kept strong in my walk, stumbling and falling, but, I kept getting back up because I know if I stayed down, I wouldn't get back up. Later on, I met a Leader. We had our differences but God had a reason. Through the years, he became my youth leader, but as the years past, he became my role model (sorry I'm getting teary eyes) he became my Best friend, he was my teacher, my Brother-in-Christ. His phone calls would make all my problems seem like they were nothing. He was a perfect example of what it meant to be Christ-like. He mentored me. I grew stronger. In 2009, he went home, to heaven. I was crushed, I understood he had to go but losing someone on the side of you, is hard. I fell off. Went down hill. But, he spoke to me in my heart. I got up. Read Gods Word. PRAYED. PUT MY ARMOR ON. Today, I walk STRONG. I do not look at the past. I look at the future. I LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE MY LAST. I am a Leader. A leader for my youth. A leader for this Lost generation. I am free from the chains. I AM NOT ASHAMED. I AM A SOLDIER IN GODS ARMY.