Break on Through to...

The other side of me is one that hasn't been seen by the majority of my peers. Although raised in the church, and a home built on steadfast grace and love by my pastoral parents, I eventually lived up to the stigmas of a typical preacher's kid, and have spent the better part of a decade running from God. In all fairness, it would be better articulated as: being on my own agenda. Even so, I still held the greatest gratitude for the consistency of my parents integrity. Regardless of how you want to categorize it, there was an inherent need for a change that could not come from anywhere except within.

The beauty of a hangover, after a serious several week binder waterboarding sorrows into hopeful submission, is that the body undeniably tells you, "No more, try something else. These torture tactics aren't working for us." Having endured enough, I packed some clothes, a Bible and a book handed down to me at the urgency of a friend, my surfboard, turned off my phone, and drove until the road dead ended into the ocean. Some serious storms blew in upon arrival forcing me to seek shelter from the winds, and I found God again that night in a Wal-Mart parking lot while trying to sleep in my car, then began reading the book I'd been given.

It's titled mY Generation, with creative emphasis on the members of the "Y" generation, and written by a phenomenal man, Josh Riebock. Mostly a compilation of stories of broken people desperately needing a catalyst to break through to something better like me, I enjoyed his accepting approach to any and all who had never known spiritual love the way he was willing to give it. His actions endorse his written word, which all emulate a Christ like existence, and affirm the ultimate message of the book; which is to show the continuing relevance of Jesus, in that he humbled himself to sit with those who thought they were too far from salvation. Great stuff. I am happy to call him a friend, to say that it helped change me, and to say that you should definitely check it out! http://www.joshriebock.com/

My intentions are not to preach, or attempt to convert those who are unwilling, but to offer personal examples in a continuing effort to show a true version of myself, and the decisions I have made to get to this place. Your journey is subject to individual choice free of judgment from the hypocrisies of Christianity that unfortunately exist at times, but with an ever extended hand from me to you in the event that you care for it.