Post by Les Brewer on May 5, 2013 12:48:12 GMT
We have a new member on our Facebook version of 'Friends Of Jesus'and he has very recently shared a fantastic testimony and he wanted to shared it with you too.........
Butch Living Forward Cooke
MY STORY: For ten years I was addicted to pills. It started out innocently but in the last two years it got so sever I was taking upwards of fifty to sixty pills a day and it caused my divorce and destroyed my family. I lost my job and I lost all five of my kids. I became homeless and slipped into depression. I eventually found the strength to kick the pill addiction and get back on my feet and start over again with a new job and a new place to live. But then I started drinking. A mixture of beer, Southern Comfort, and Yeager kept me drunk everyday without sobering up. Then came my ultimate fall as I began smoking pot and fell addicted to cocaine and meth, and back to pills again. So then, not am I constantly drunk, I'm also on pot, cocaine, meth, and pills everyday all at the same time 24/7. I lost my job again and my world had completely fallen apart for a second time as my depression made me feel like I was totally worthless and unusable for any meaningful purpose. I attempted suicide not once but twice. I failed both times at my attempts, not because I wanted to, but because God had a plan for me (Jeremiah 29:11). God kept me alive for good reason with great purpose. During the night one night, while sleeping, something happened to me. I awoke sweating and in a panic. I, without thought, ran straight for a Bible and still in my boxers, I shot straight out the front door. With Bible in hand, I fell to my knees in the front yard crying. I begged God to help me, to save my life, to show me I was worthy, and my life was worth living. I had a two hour crying conversation with God that morning that forever changed my life. I have not touched a drug since! Today I am three years drug free. I am alcohol free and depression free. I have a great job and a roof over my head. And I have all five of my kids back! Last year I founded Living Forward for Christ Outreach Ministry. Today I am a follower of Christ doing God's work. Reaching out to the hurting, the lost, those in need. That's the power of God! HALLELUJAH!!!
