Not really good at these intro things. I usually just jump right in, but since you all asked for it, here we go.
I am 23 years old. I have been married for almost 3 years to a wonderful woman. I am enlisted in the US Air Force as a comptuter tech. I am currently stationed in Ohio. I grew up in a small town in West Virginia.
Where my life really took a turn was my freshman year in high school. My dad and step-mom had been bouncing around different churches of different denominations. One saturday night I had spent the night with them (I lived with my grandparents full time for reasons that would take a long time to explain.) and went to a southern baptist church none of us had been to which coincidently was right across the street from where I lived.
We enjoyed the service and continued to attend this church. I eventually came to the decision I wanted to be saved and baptised, which I went through with. After a while my family left this church for another but I stayed with the church. I attended that church on my own for several years, growing in scripture but looking back not I'm not sure I was growing in faith.
After high school I enlisted in the US Air Force. When I left home I also left my church behind. I never tried to find another. I began to seperate myself from God and Christianity. When I wasn't doubting Him, I was simply apathetic toward him. I did my own thing, lived my own way. Thought I was happy but things were falling apart piece by piece.
About 3 weeks ago, I came across a post on a forum that sparked my interest. I then expanded on that. Before I knew it I was brushing the dust off my bible. Then it became more than a thirst for knowledge. I realized I was thirsty for something else. Thats when God kind of tapped me on the shoulder and handed me a glass of water, metaphorically speaking. I feel I found my way back to him.
When I look at it, I feel it it was part of His plan for me to "fall" I don't think so much that it was to show me that I needed Him (which it did) but to give me the chance to see the other side of things. I no longer feel the need to condemn non-christians, or to be in their face with church and bible verses. Reaching a point where I was atheistic and agnostic, I now feel I have greater insight on how to approach these people with the word.
I also feel I have greater insight into the natue of God and Christianity than I did before. It's no longer just something I have always done, or grew up in. Instead of it just being about a church and friends and that fuzzy feeling. It's about much more now. Now I feel I know true faith and not the look-at-my-faith I used to have.
So my wife and I have been trying to find a church to attend together. I have been taking much more time to pray and read the scripture. Things are just making more sense and feel more... right.
Well thats my story, hope it wasn't too long. Look forward to being able to use this forum as another tool of learning, faith building, and fellowship.
I am 23 years old. I have been married for almost 3 years to a wonderful woman. I am enlisted in the US Air Force as a comptuter tech. I am currently stationed in Ohio. I grew up in a small town in West Virginia.
Where my life really took a turn was my freshman year in high school. My dad and step-mom had been bouncing around different churches of different denominations. One saturday night I had spent the night with them (I lived with my grandparents full time for reasons that would take a long time to explain.) and went to a southern baptist church none of us had been to which coincidently was right across the street from where I lived.
We enjoyed the service and continued to attend this church. I eventually came to the decision I wanted to be saved and baptised, which I went through with. After a while my family left this church for another but I stayed with the church. I attended that church on my own for several years, growing in scripture but looking back not I'm not sure I was growing in faith.
After high school I enlisted in the US Air Force. When I left home I also left my church behind. I never tried to find another. I began to seperate myself from God and Christianity. When I wasn't doubting Him, I was simply apathetic toward him. I did my own thing, lived my own way. Thought I was happy but things were falling apart piece by piece.
About 3 weeks ago, I came across a post on a forum that sparked my interest. I then expanded on that. Before I knew it I was brushing the dust off my bible. Then it became more than a thirst for knowledge. I realized I was thirsty for something else. Thats when God kind of tapped me on the shoulder and handed me a glass of water, metaphorically speaking. I feel I found my way back to him.
When I look at it, I feel it it was part of His plan for me to "fall" I don't think so much that it was to show me that I needed Him (which it did) but to give me the chance to see the other side of things. I no longer feel the need to condemn non-christians, or to be in their face with church and bible verses. Reaching a point where I was atheistic and agnostic, I now feel I have greater insight on how to approach these people with the word.
I also feel I have greater insight into the natue of God and Christianity than I did before. It's no longer just something I have always done, or grew up in. Instead of it just being about a church and friends and that fuzzy feeling. It's about much more now. Now I feel I know true faith and not the look-at-my-faith I used to have.
So my wife and I have been trying to find a church to attend together. I have been taking much more time to pray and read the scripture. Things are just making more sense and feel more... right.
Well thats my story, hope it wasn't too long. Look forward to being able to use this forum as another tool of learning, faith building, and fellowship.
