Number and was soon talking with the woman who was going to cure my despair. Though our conversation was meaningful, I knew it wasn't what my soul had been longing for. After this, I remember talking with my sister Melissa. She seemed pleased to hear from me after so many years.
Halfway through our conversation, she asked me about my religious beliefs. I told her I was a Christian and believed in God. She began to test my faith and told me that she was worried about my eternal salvation, worried that I was going to hell. I thought, man, this chick is a Jesus freak.
I remember thinking, I'm a good person. I've never done anything to keep me out of heaven, or had I? After I got off the phone, her words started to sink in. I remember weeping at the thought of being wrong about my eternal salvation.
I had always believed in God and thought I was going to heaven. It was at that point, I knew I had, I had created a God in my mind and to suit my life and didn't really know the true God. I began praying to God and asking him to show me his way. Shortly after these prayers, my brother Mike, came by with his family....