I was raised by non believing parents who raised my twin brother and I with great manners and morals according to todays standards. I went to a small High School in a country town of eastern Iowa. Graduated with 38 other kids in 2010, moved down to Tulsa, Oklahoma where I attended Tulsa Welding School for a year. Finished at TWS, moved back to eastern Iowa where I have been employed at a fab shop for the last 6 years. I'm 25 years old and I came to faith in Christ in a way that is probably not very common and I'm going to do my best to explain it, that you may know the manner of a person I am, and how I first came to know the Lord.
When I was probably 15 or so, being raised by an atheist father after my parents divorced at the age of 13, knowing not a single believer, had it made up in my mind that "religion" was nothing more than a tool that the weak minded people on this world used as a crutch to help them get through this life. I had it laid up in my heart this saying: "If there is a God, I'll find out when I die." My take on religion or God didn't go any farther than that which I was content with, being consumed up in my 71 Mustang that I definitely idolized, drag racing, and Rock and Roll music, along with all the other stuff guys were into which I now know is the deathly sin called fornication. Our generation here in America is so deeply immoral that I was mocked and made fun of by most guys because I didn't lose (vcard if you will), until I was 18. Men literally make it a race in this age to see who can be the first among their friends to commit fornication with a woman. And just think, people used to be outraged in the streets because of a fully dressed man swingin his hips on tv. People rebuked it greatly, condemning the "devils music".. If those people saw what the NORM is in todays ungodly world and they were to perhaps watch a Beyonce music video, or watch a beer commercial with women in bikinis, do you know what they would be saying right now? Those people that were walking with Christ would be appalled and know that the time is near. Anyways, now that I've established the person I used to be, Let me take you back 4 years ago at the ripe age of 21. Being a welder I made decent money, bought a home, lived with a roommate that was a bartender. I got very developed in a Mon.- Friday . that most people I know happily remain abiding in; working during the week drinking beer until I was at least buzzed, to weekends normally drinking entire fifths of whiskey, waking up the following morning without any recollection of what I had did for the last half of the night sometimes experiencing blackouts. Terribly bad, and definitely scary. This lifestyle is more common amongst people than it should be. My generation has been decieved to the point where they don't believe in God at all, at the most people are spiritual and use the devil's vices of Astrology and horoscopes, with meditation and crystals.
During what I would call my transition of beliefs, I was researching things like 9/11 and Bohemian Grove. As a total conspiracy buff, I spent a majority of my time trying to figure out what was going on in this world as a whole. It was upon discovering the fact that the Freemasonry elite group thatv runs the world (those who literally OWN the federal reserve, they own money, also control the governments, academia, and all mainstream media organizations around the world.) At the end of my research I concluded the astonishing fact that these evil people have literally funded both sides of every major war, and literally bow down to Lucifer, believing he is god. My conclusion is extremely real, and I understand this as a complet and total truth. And if the devil is that real, so is Jesus.
So I finally prayed to Him having found faith, and he transformed me. Chastised me in a lot of ways, ending with an OWI of which I am still dealing with, but not being able to drive to anywhere but work Nd home, I have spent the past 9 months in God's Word and prayer to Him. I live for Him every second of the day in the ways I am given to do so. I asked Him to take me over completely, I told Him that I don't want to do anything but the things He wants done, I whole-heartedly surrendered to His will. His grace and mercy is what got me to survive and reach this point of surrender in my life, and I will never turn away from Him. I have never gone to church, but we as the body of Christ are the church, so I take the Him to work and everywhere I go, His words have been written on my heart. John 14:21-23 is what it's all about. God and Jesus have made their abod in my heart. I don't have righteousness of my own, but I have them, and they are righteous and do not have a desire to sin. Therefore why will I?
With love for you and yours,
Cameron
