ADIN

When I came to the DRM I had no active relationship with God and my family had all but stopped talking to me. My mom kept encouraging me and I didn’t believe her. As I sat in on classes we worked through books in the bible I had read before, but now I had a different perspective. I saw more in His words because I had fallen to my lowest point. I had nowhere else to look except up. I didn’t quite understand what I saw yet.

Seeing a God who was the maker of all things in the universe big and small, and I somehow mattered to Him. I felt unworthy of any grace given or undeserved of mercy granted. And my biggest fear in life was living as a nobody, not leaving a mark or being remembered. As I spoke with my teachers and friends Adam, Corey, Mickey, Lowen and Morgan, I learned that our lives mean something to God. We matter to Him.

I understood everything but I still wasn’t seeing God’s work in my life. One random Wednesday in chapel service I had a moment where God came flooding through my mind. That changed things for me and I finally saw God’s hand in my life. I don’t understand what He has in store for me, but as I step into my future I do so knowing God uses all things good or ill to shape us for our intended purpose in life.