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When
I was in my early 20's, I left home in search of more power,
meaning, and significance in life. I moved to New York City
with a college friend, got a job in an advertising agency, and
passionately pursued singer-songwriter dreams as part of a folk
duo during off-hours in Greenwich Village. Over the years, my travels took me from Cape Cod to Hollywood
and points in between. I
would see and meet many famous people. One day,
while riding a bicycle through a metropolitan park, a young lady
stopped me, greeted me very sweetly, and asked me if I knew Jesus.
Caught off guard, I stumbled over my words…not really
knowing what to say. I
knew OF Jesus, and since I had been raised in a well-known
Christian denomination, at that time I supposed I knew him as well
as anyone, so I answered, “Yes.”
She then said something so simple and yet so powerful that
it turned out to be a key to my eventually bright future.
She said, “You’ve got to accept
Jesus in your heart!” Regretfully,
I went on my way that day and promptly forgot what she had said. A few short years later, I found myself severely discouraged
by some very tough circumstances.
I had fallen in love with Susan, now my wife.
I had gone to a studio in a distant city to what I had
hoped would be a lucrative recording session only to find that the
person who promised the session had simply changed his mind.
Suddenly, I was broke and far away from Susan. I was devastated. As I sat on
a curbstone in a residential area, a car approached where I sat,
slowed down and stopped. The
young woman who was driving rolled her window down… |
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