The picture to the left is who I actually am.

I'm generally pretty laid back and easy to talk to but when it comes to the things of God I get serious and focus because there is nothing more important on earth than knowing Jesus Christ and serving him, so helping others come to know him or helping to strengthen their walk with him is serious business, but it can also be fun.  I can promise you that I will never lie to anyone or deceive them because I am convinced that God demands truth in all things.  The Bible renounces lying and people who delight in deceiving others.  I'm in lock step with that.  

Before I came to know Jesus as my Savior and Lord I was an unsavory individual involved in a lot of evil things.  Years of sinful living became years of drunken living and drugs and eventually drug dealing and jail.  I was not grossly evil but I was evil enough.  Rather than expand on that I'll just say that Satan had me by the neck and wasn't letting go.  The arrest and jail time was a great blessing in disguise.  The time I had in jail paused my life for a while so I could actually take an inventory of my life for the first time.  It was that inventory that led to Jesus.

Pretty much everyone, including my mom, gave up on me and thought I would never amount to anything.  None of my family knew about the mercy God offered to us through Christ's sacrifice on the cross.  I was quite content getting high seven days a week except once when I tried to kill myself over the loss of a young woman I felt I was in love with.  Now I understand that only God offers the love we all need and he is teaching me how to love in the holy way that he does - expecting nothing in return.  Read the C R Lord Autobiography while you are visiting here to see the whole story of God's great mercy in forgiving me and totally transforming my life now and forever.