Cody’s Story
Before I knew Christ, I lived a life that was focused on how others saw me. I lived a life where I would put on one mask to please one person and then take that mask off and put on another that would fit in with another group.
By doing this I never let people in, and felt so alone. It wasn’t the way I should be. I even wondered: “if I died, would anyone really miss me?” I actually came close to dying when a part of my small intestine blew up. I spent two weeks recovering where God showed me the people who truly cared about me. Some of them were from my youth group at church. God gave me a group of friends who truly cared about me and were there for me when I was at my lowest.
I went with the youth group to a camp the summer after my freshman year of high school. There I learned that God loved me the way I was, and he created me that way. I also learned that I don’t need to try and be something I’m not–that his grace fixes anything I do wrong in my life. I accepted Christ into my life and I am still not alone.
Before He was in my life, I struggled with being accepted by others. After Christ was in my life, I knew that I didn’t need to be the way others wanted me to be–that I was accepted by someone greater than they.
This thing at camp was not just a one-time thing. Accepting Christ in my life and has changed me. My life does not revolve around me or what I want but around God who filled that emptiness that no one ever could. I no longer feel the need to put those masks on, because I know that I have been completely accepted be my Savior.
Briana
Feb 15, 2010You’re an amazing man, Cody! Know of my daily prayers!
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