Becoming: Choosing Grace

During the summer of my 15th birthday, my willful rebellion was in full swing. Within the first year, I dropped out of high school and fully gave myself over to selfishness, criminality, and addiction. I forsook choice and accountability for my desires, emotions, and appetites. My hope resided in the next experience, the next stimuli, rarely projecting far into the future. I was lost. Misery, pain, addiction, lasciviousness, and indulgence condescendingly sated my body's parasitic desires with the brutal intention of emaciating and ultimately destroying my soul. I deprived myself of the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual growth that is essential during those crucial adolescent years. My addiction to physical and emotional stimuli robbed me of an accurate sense of reality, including an understanding of love, relationships, and how I fit into the world around me. That deprivation only encouraged a deeper dive into the abyss. In spite of my selfish retreat, God was ever-present. He remained throughout my struggles and rebellion. Due to His infinite Grace and love, my path gave me experience and understanding without becoming forever lost. In mercy, the Lord hedged up the way before me that I did not prosper in my pursuits. Ever designed to humble and temper my impulsiveness, Jesus Christ walked with me on my darkest road. I have inherent worth in that I originate from heavenly parentage with divine purpose and potential. I have been bought with a price, infinite and eternal. The Son of God offered Himself upon the alter to atone for my sins and transgressions. He gave all, that through His Grace I might overcome my weaknesses as I choose Him; as I choose life, agency, and joy. The Grace of Jesus Christ gives power to my righteous choices and covenants, and opens an effectual door that I may return to live with Him, and our Father, in the kingdom of God.

• | Author: J. E. Mayhew
• | Publisher: J. E. Mayhew
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 140 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1733409300
• | ISBN-13: 9781733409308