John Burghauser
“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9 & 10
In my mind I was all alone! I was stricken with a malady, which no one understood! Who could help me?
I grew up feeling as though I had nothing in common with anyone around me; including my family. Yes, I participated in all the things families do, but I always seemed to have some sort of block which kept me from “fitting in”. I began school and tried to find ways to fit in; but they ended in disappointment and frustration.
At the age of thirteen I discovered that I could “escape from reality” by altering my mind. It began with marijuana and beer, but soon progressed to harder drugs.
By age twenty-four I realized that everything I thought my life might be was gone! I was a drug addict going nowhere!
I spent the next nine years looking for answers. I was looking in all the wrong places. I tried to change my appearance, surroundings, and even my job. All was futile!
During all those years I remember the encouragement of my mother, as well as others around me, to look to Jesus for the answer to my ills. But I didn’t want to hear it because, as bad as I felt, I thought things would just “work out”.
When I turned thirty-three, I had a series of events take place in my life which “revealed” my true self, to me and those around me. I was “”forced” to ask for help! I turned to Jesus, promised my life to Him, and He delivered me, and gave me a reason for living.
“Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
What a blessing! I began to see the value of friendship and prayer. Through the prayers and fellowship with others I began to realize the love of Jesus! Jesus changed me into the person I always wanted to be, and gave me hope for a future beyond any of the dreams I had for myself as I was growing up. Today I can’t get enough of His Word! Don’t give up…
Turn to Jesus… He is The Answer!