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Here is where I am now: I am a Christian, a husband (Brandi), a father (Kelsi), a pastor (The Oasis), a BCM Director (NOC/NWOSU Enid), and a fan (Sooners, NASCAR, Vikings).

Here is how I got where I am: I can remember when I was little, I was a good kid, at least that is what everyone thought. I was good enough to the people that mattered most - my parents (they mattered most because they had the most power). At school I started to be a poop in about second grade. My poor teacher, every Tuesday was Boy Scout day and something about that day made me a grump, maybe I felt silly in the uniform. But, that teacher was still very nice to me. In third grade we had a brand new teacher and we knew we could get away with some things, so we tried. I cheated on a spelling test, we would quietly say things like "ship" so that the teacher would think someone said the "bad word" and this was the first year that the teacher had to send me into a different room. I was so upset that I had been bad enough to get sent to the sixth grade classroom, but still had some relief because my big brother was in the fifth grade classroom and if he would have found out then my parents would have found out then... I was just lucky, but very upset with myself. This teacher became one of our neighbors and he would let us stop by his house when he was working in his garage or mowing his lawn and I can remember that he was really a nice person and it made me feel bad for the way I behaved in class.

My family went to church quite often, sometimes we even went on Wednesdays, especially when RA's (Royal Ambassadors) were meeting. I got to see my dad baptized one Sunday morning, then I saw my brother walk down the aisle and talk to the pastor, and a few weeks later he was baptized. I can remember a car ride home where my parents had to answer a lot of my questions about Jesus and baptism and whatever else, and it got me thinking. Then I went to Sunday School class one time in the fifth grade and one of the most embarrassing questions ever was asked, "Have you ever asked Jesus to be your Savior and been baptized?" Well, I didn't want to be the only one to say no, so we all just said yes, as it turns out several of us were lying (surprise, surprise). But that incident got me thinking more. Then I went to summer camp that year with my church and I can remember thinking after one of the evening services that I needed to talk to one of the church leaders about asking Jesus to be my Lord, but they were talking to others already, so I forgot about it. One night after camp, I just had to know more, I had to do something, I needed to know for sure I was going to go to heaven. I needed to know for sure that my sins, my bad things, my poopy behavior in school was all forgiven. I asked my mom to come with me to the back room of our house and with her help I gave my life to Christ. I knew that even though I was a turd sometimes to people that didn't deserve it, God still loved me and wanted me to be a part of His Kingdom. I talked to my Grandpa and my pastor and just a week or so later was baptized in our church, along with a girl from my Sunday School class (she lied too).

So here is the thing, I know that Christ is my Lord and he has become my Savior, but I still can be poopy at times. But I know that because of John 3:16 - God still loves me, God still wants me to spend eternity with Him, and God has already forgiven me for the poopy things I have done or will ever do. That is a love that I am proud to say belongs to me, and it can also belong to you. For God so loved you that He gave up His only Son, Jesus, so that if you would believe in Him you would have eternal life.