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As many of you already know...i often talk of my past and the road of self destruction that i traveled for 25 years to the age of 40. And im here to tell y'all...as long as God gives me breath in my lungs...and gives me the opportunity to tell of His amazing grace and mercy...you can bet that every chance i get...no matter who it is...where im at...im going to tell my story of how i along with my use to be good friend satan...almost destroyed this life that God gave to me! I often talk with hopes of helping someone else that might be strugglin with addiction. I often talk with the hope that some lost person will see the hope that there is in a relationship with Jesus Christ and with putting our faith and trust in Him...how our lives can turn around. However...this morning i want to speak to any of you that might have a loved one...a friend...that is on that slippery slop of addiction and maybe this morning you have all but given up...you have lost hope...you have worried and prayed for so long...thinking that they will never change. Well...let me tell you right here and now...there is hope and His name is Jesus! Now hear this...from the time i was born...my family...we were at church every Sunday morning for Sunday school and preaching....at church Sunday night and most Wednesday nights. I knew the truth of the Bible....Jesus and satan...heaven and hell...i just never got saved. Then in 1970...i started high school and that summer after freshman year...i started using a little marijuana and drinking a little beer...and by my senior year i had jumped off that cliff of using any and every sort of drug there was....and as you might know...in the 1970's there was a smorgasbord of drugs to partake in and i did them all from smokin to poppin to snortin to shootin up...This boy from farm country here in greene county went from 0 to 500 in no time flat...meaning...im living proof that we are all inches away from bad decisions that can turn life upside down for whatever period of time....sometimes a life time. And as for me...the turn around i made in life...like most folks...i could have never done it on my own...no way no how. i had long known in my hard heart and twisted mind that i would never see another sober day...that i would be pretty much in the twilight zone until that time that i would die and split hell wide open and that day was rapidly approaching...but...God had other plans for me. For me...knowing the truth of Gods word from my childhood...one night i got down on my knees in my bedroom...wasted...just as i always was...and i cried out to Jesus to forgive me and save me...and guess where He was? Yep...after 25 long years of helter skelter living....putting enough drugs and alcohol into my body to kill most of Coxes army and running from God in total rebellion...Jesus was right there in that room waiting for me to reach out to Him and He lifted me up and not only saved my soul but also my life. So...never give up on that loved one...im not saying to be a enabler...let the light of Jesus shine from you unto them and let me be the living truth and proof to you that its never to late to make a change of heart and accept the free gift of salvation through the shed blood of Jesus and the amazing grace of almighty God! Yes...Jesus is still very much alive and thru Him comes healing...prayers answered and the blessings of miracles...just trust Him!

I Have No Regrets About My Past...My Past Is Who I Am Today...Born Again!
Rick j Sane