MY ROAD TO SALVATION

As a young child I was very shy. When I entered my teenage years I had a hard time making friends and I felt like I was not wanted by anyone. During secondary school my thought turned to girls, I wanted to have girl friend like every other guy around but I could not talk to anyone of them. I felt like no one wanted anything to do with me. This spirit of inferiority complex affected my academics so bad but no one tried to find out what was wrong with me , everyone thought I was just a dull boy. I became very lonely  and fell into a deep depression then I began to think about how to be my own friend. I will spend hours in my room steering at the ceiling or bury my head in my pillow wondering to myself why I was ever born.

One night, my feeling of loneliness and depression overcame me and I began to think about taking hot drinks and I quickly went and bought a bottle of beer and I became addicted for more than six year but my feeling of loneliness and depression did not go. One day I picked my phone to call a friend I was very close to and discuss with him to see if he could give me  little bit of advice but as I began to talk he interrupted and asked if I could call back because he was busy. After hanging up the phone, I realize that I could not depend on a friend or even my family members. At that moment I turned to God and prayed, I asked God to help me, that I do not know what to do and I do not have answers to my questions. I gave up my life into God's hands and that was how my life got transformed and I gave my life to Jesus. I would have loved to say that the addiction left immediately but no , I suffered and struggled with it for another 8 years but God patiently molded me into his child, He took away my sorrow and loneliness and replaced it with love ,Joy and happiness. Over the years I have faced many struggles but in those year, I have faced them with Jesus.


He takes the hurt, sorrow and pain and tells me, have faith, I will use that unpleasant situation for good. Today, I have a hunger for Jesus, I want to tell everyone to experience his love.
In one sentence,  God has taken the heart of a lonely sinner and replaced it with the love of Jesus. (Olkotan A.Y LAGOS)

 I am sure you have gained something from AY'S story. If you have been blessed send your story too, let someone get an encouragement from you. Your story might be the starting point for some. Mail me on rulesland@gmail.com. God bless you