REstitution: David Figueroa
I grew up in UBC. I’ve been coming here with my parents since I was in pre-k and I found God coming to this church. A lot of the decisions I’ve made concerning my walk with Christ have been through my friends and mentors here. UBC is the one place I can go to and feel at peace. After I graduated in May I started hanging out with some old childhood friends. Everything was ok for a couple weeks, I was still involved with the church but I realized that I started neglecting my relationship with God. I felt like I just wanted to party all summer before I started college. Then, I went to Michigan for a few days with my family and when I got back it all became worse. I stopped going to church completely and all I cared about was having a good time. Everyday I fell deeper and deeper into sin. I would lie to my parents about where I was going. I didnt even care how I looked. As weeks passed, my parents became more and more disappointed. But I didn’t pay attention to them so I didn’t know. I even got some of my friends in trouble. Towards the end of summer, I ended up in the hospital and everything changed. I spoke to God the first time all summer in that hospital bed and realized that even when I had left Him, He had always been there. While I was talking to Him I thought about how I felt everytime I did something wrong. I felt convicted. However, I was so mad at myself for letting this happen again after I was so sure of being a changed man; a man of God. This is why I chose restitution. Its defined “the act of restoring something to its original state”. After coming out of this dark time in my life I know better now than ever, how easy it is to slip away from God. It is so important to understand that starting a relationship with Christ means we have to make sacrifices. Its like Trip Lee says in a song with Da Truth; “We tryin to show them that for Christ we live, help them understand for Christ we die, man the cost is high. You gonna say your goodbyes, cause part of you gon have to die, man the cost is high”. I didnt understand this until that day in the hospital. So I discontinued my friendship with all those people that I was getting into trouble with and turned away from that sin. Its been 5 months since that day and Ive never been happier. My relationship with God has been restored, as well as with my family. Now Im studying to become a Sound Engineer and plan to use my gift to serve God.
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