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(continued...) For two long years I wandered. Why follow a god whose followers who supposedly 'bear his image' show nothing but emptiness and hypocrisy? I searched for truth and answers in other religions, (primarily neo-pagan witchcraft) but my searches were always empty. Now, while all of this was going on, Pastor Steve was meeting with me to talk about my life and my pursuing of Truth. He always said that if I searched with my whole heart for the Truth, I eventually would find it. And I did. As three things led to my first salvation, three things can be attributed to my second. First would have to be Pastor Steve's continuing to meet with me on a regular basis. Second would have to be my search for answers. Everywhere I looked pointed me back to Jesus, as God wanted to reach out and be everything that I needed. I wanted a God that could love, that could be alive, that could be somebody intimate with creation, and he wanted that for me. Finally, although I cannot say how it works, I don't believe I could be here telling you this, had it not been for the prayers of my family. Finally on December
8, 2000, at a little before three o'clock, inside Pastor Steve's
car in front of my house, I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal
savior for the second and last time. I still have questions, I still
have doubts, my understanding of the Bible breaks with traditionalism,
and I don't align myself under any name, group, or church; but one
thing that is true for me is that Jesus died to pay the penalty
for my sins so that I may be free to have a perfect relationship
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