Who I Was To Who I Am

There I was and yet here I still am
once chasing that feeling,now with Gods help and by His grace
becoming a good man
my mother prayed and grandma cried... my actions said I didn't care
back there are haunting memories,situations,instances I seldom ever share
when He sat me down in a concrete room... I cried myself to sleep
wondering of who I'd become,trying on my own to be strong... but,still feeling so weak
I prayed and asked Jesus to pick me up once again
I apologized and prayed to my savior "Lord get me out of this sin!"
so here I am years later with a life I call my own
reading my Bible by the morning light,praising my God who has restored so much
and blessed me, with life, a saved wife, and a home!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 8/2/2009 5:21:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Michael's contest Kristopher . Love, Carol
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Date: 8/1/2009 12:47:00 PM
I loved your testimony in this. I like a poem that you can't wait to read all of. I love the title as well. The life that we get from Him is the true reality! Congratulations on placing in this contest. Well deserved.
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Date: 8/1/2009 9:05:00 AM
Congratulations on your win, it was well deserved. I know God doesn't hate me, sometimes I just get so frustrated that the things in my life are going so awry. But i appreciate your comments and the way that you feel. I will say that I REALLY do think I did something in a previous life that was bad for me to have all the crappy luck I have had in this life, but I am also blessed as well. You win some you lose some, but at least I am still playing right?.......Aleera
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Date: 7/30/2009 4:33:00 PM
Congratulations on your wonderful win in Michael's contest! Truely a wonderful poem! ~*~ Trudy~*~
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Date: 7/8/2009 7:27:00 AM
Kristopher - The Lord did the same for me - After years of Prison and being a Prison Gang Member I found the Lord all alone in a cell one night - Wonderful poem - Always tell your story with pride for it just may save another's life - God Bless, MJ
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