I just want to start this off by saying I ran away from home at age 15. I guess I just got tired of rules and the situation my mother was in with her boyfriends but that would be a whole other essay if I went into that. Anyways, me running away was the first mistake I made to lead me down a dark path.
In which at the end would motivate me to live for God and to be the best man I can be.
After I ran away, I moved into a friend’s garage, where I started to smoke marijuana. People say marijuana is a gateway drug to worse things, but of course I ignored them and sadly found out it was true from firsthand experience. I started smoking heavily to the point where if I wasn’t smoking I would feel sick.Which made marijuana just a habit that didn’t excite me like it used to.So, I
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I had one son and my wife was pregnant with another. You would think that I would reach a point in which I would grow up and take care of my family, but no I was still living for my own selfish desires and pleasing the flesh. I didn’t care God had a plan for me, he knew what my destiny could be. Paul states in 1 Corinthians 5:5 “Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord” and that is exactly had to happen to me.
On a Friday afternoon, I had decided to party with some friends, which of course involved alcohol and narcotics. Me thinking that I was invincible, went a little too far with it. I had taken so much that I had blacked out and awoke in jail Sunday morning. I had broken bits of memory of what was involved that weekend. My mother had bailed me out but she was the one I was angry with.
Apparently, I had thought my mother had thrown away some of my drugs. So, I had taken a bat to her car and broke in a window to yell at my family. Just thinking back on the situation brings sorrow and regret to my heart for scaring my family as I did. Luckily, I did not physically hurt anyone but I