John 10:10, New International Version

“… I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

I would love to say there isn't a time that I can remember not knowing Jesus Christ, but that just isn't my story. I found the Lord late in life.

I grew up going to a catholic school, and attending a Catholic church for eighteen years. 

I had such an amazing life with great and very loving parents. I had a great home and friends.

But I didn’t have a spiritual foundation. 

I had no idea who Jesus truly was. 

And I had never read the Bible.

Life without knowing Jesus brought me to a point in life where I found myself identifying as a gay addict. I would steal and sleep around just to make sure I could get my next fix. 

That lifestyle landed me in prison.

But prison is where my true freedom began.

When I was in a two-man cell, I was with a girl that brought the Gospel to me. 

She tossed a Bible on my bunk, and everything changed. 

The Words brought me peace, peace that my life wasn't over and my purpose was just beginning. 

The more I read the Bible, the more sure I was that I needed to keep this beautiful book at my fingertips at all times. 

The more I read the Bible, the more I realized God didn't want me to just put drugs aside, or women, or lies, or anything else. He wanted me to put everything aside.

He wanted my attention, and He allowed my consequences to be what led me directly to Him. 

I gave my life to Christ in prison, and felt a freedom I can't even explain. 

I see my life differently now. It doesn't belong to me. 

My hands and my feet are here to serve. My eyes are looking for opportunities to love. My ears can hear a need and pray for it. My mind and my heart are completely focused on Jesus. 

I fall short daily– and I hate it. 

I hate sin, and I am forever grateful that God chose me to be one of the people that get it. 

Since giving my life to Christ I have gained relationships back that I thought were completely destroyed. 

Since giving my life to Christ, I have become focused on purpose. 

Life didn't get easier with Jesus, but it did get extremely better. As of today, I have been sober for twelve years. I married the man of my dreams with two kids. What can I say? My life continues to get extremely better with Jesus!