Picture if you will, a young man starting life at the age of 17, dropped out of school, due to it being a terrible place and time, I was less keen on learning, and busy chasing girls. A letter came it was an acceptance letter into the Airforce. excitied i embarked to a new life, but a life in sin.
After a few years in the Services I carried on a terrible life, guilt was pleasure. it was easy to get lost in a binge of booze and drugs. Then came the crash. A close friend of mine passed away in a crash, and one died from skin cancer.
I was in tatters now spiralling down a hole of depression and substance abuse, it was a dive that would make Alice die of shock if she took that tunnel to wonderland.
I was sitting on the bottom and a hand came to me. it was John, who showed me the bible. I went to church, and turned alot around, and realised that there is nothing better than the Good News, It was what i needed to recieve to keep me as a straight person, 13 years later, i still attend some services. But dont always agree with some values (feel free to ask), but have found a new home in the ULC, some where all views are considered.
But the shock of life is, where the path leads us from here.