Danny’s Story
Hello,
I’ve grown up in a loving, Christ-centered home. I am extremely thankful for that, and it has instilled in me many Christ-centered values. Since I’ve been young, I’ve gone to church, youth group, and done all the other activities. I was what you would call a ‘good Christian,’ but I never really knew exactly who I was, why I was being that person, or what I believed. The faith that I had was shallow and just because my family believed in it. I gained my satisfaction and security from close friends, family, and sports. Its not that any of these things are bad, but I didn’t have a true joy and a lasting peace that can only come from the Lord, which I’ll talk more about later.
I put my faith in Christ when I was young, but didn’t truly understand what that meant until recently. My senior year I started thinking about life: what I was gonna do with mine, and what was the purpose of it. These questions were on my mind a lot as many seniors were thinking about their future life. I answered these questions with NDSU football. I made a decision a couple of days before signing day, that I was going to be a NDSU Bison football player for the next five years. I felt like this was my purpose in life for the next five years of my life. Looking back, I realize that God had sent me here for reasons other than football.
On October 21st, 2009, I had a life-changing experience. The Lord broke me down and showed me what my life was missing. I was missing the true joy and lasting peace that only comes from submitting your life to God. I gave complete control of my life over to God and let him be my one and only desire. This gave me complete freedom in him, because He was in control of everything, not me. I lost my worry, pain, and sadness and gained complete satisfaction. I know that may sound cliche and just completely made up, but thats exactly how my life felt. I don’t think it is possible to show in words the transformation I feel in me from just believing in God to submitting my life to him. It truly was a life-changing experience.
Now that I have experienced God’s pure love in my life and the joy and peace that comes from submitting my actions and thoughts to God, I never want to go back. The way I am now, fully devoting my life to Christ, has answered all my questions. My satisfaction and security comes from the Lord and the purpose of my life is to serve God in whatever way he wants me to do. This decision has not only freed me, but also given me more joy and enthusiasm for the things I participate in. I love football, and the NDSU Bison football team, more now than I ever have. I also enjoy time with friends and family even more than I did before.
I want you to know that I am praying for you, reading this now, and that I would love to talk to you about anything you want to talk about.
In Christ,
Danny
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