Some of my earliest memories of church are getting up early every Sunday morning, going to church with my family, and just going through the motions with out actually trying to connect with God. I lived like this for years. It wasn’t until recently that I really felt God call me to try and know him in the personal way that I needed. Until then I didn’t really understand how God could forgive and how much he could change people and bring them satisfaction.
This blog is about His forgiveness and His grace.
In middle school I watched my brother suffer from bipolar disorder and depression. He was lost and turned to drugs and alcohol to make himself feel better I remember the day i found out my mom came up to my room and told me what he was doing and that he would be going to rehab for a little bit. I remember how mad I was at him wondering how he could do this to me and my family. I didn’t and couldn’t understand what he was going through.
A couple years later, the depression and bipolar disorder was still terrorizing his life. He had been in and out of different rehab programs so many times I lost count. Eventually my parents decided he needed to either stay clean or find somewhere else to live because the amount of stress it brought to them was too much to bear. They told him they would help him find another program to try but this time, through the grace of God, they found a little program in Anna, Texas called Breaking Free whose mission statement is “helping the hurting meet Jesus” and thats exactly what they did!
Since he’s been there, I’ve seen him go from being lost and heartbroken to having a renewed appreciation for everything the Lord has done for him and being filled with a life that I haven’t seen in years.
I honestly didn’t think I would ever have the brother I grew up with again but God proved me wrong and I’m so glad he did!
