MY LIFE BEFORE CHRIST…

I was born on January 9, 1965 and grew up going to church every Sunday. My mom sang in the choir and we were there every time the doors were open. I always remember knowing a lot about ‘who God was’. I started drinking when I was 14 years old. Looking back, I believe that my first sign of rebellion against God was at age 12.  My aunts Ruth and Lula asked me one Sunday after church if I thought it wasn’t time for me to walk the aisle and be baptized.  I remember clearly saying to them that “I didn’t have to.”  That’s the truth if you think about it.  We’re not forced by God to do anything.  But they cared enough to speak up. All my friends were doing it and they obviously loved me and wanted me to be saved. I continued my drinking on up into my adult life and got really good at it. So good that people “didn’t know I was even drunk!” In February of 1999, I was fired from my corporate job with Tom Hopkins International …