John Curry
John Curry's Story
Forget You, God
God's pursuit of me even when I left Him on the fringes of my life
Not too long ago Christ was the farthest thing from my mind. I had all the friends, I was a regular at the clubs, I was playing basketball for my college, and there wasn't much that really scared me or worried me. Because of this I didn't think that I really needed God.
During this time I rarely went to church, and when I did go it was just to please my parents and get them off my back. I was also going to a lot of parties and gettnig into drinking and and acting pretty wild.
It started to get pretty bad when girls that I barely knew would basically come up to me and try to entice me to be immoral. Not only did this happen, but all the while the stuff I was hiding from my parents was somehow coming out and they were finding out.
I believe that if they had not found out the stuff I was doing and confronted me about it, my friends had not started getting into trouble, and I had not started letting my conscience tell me that I was heading for disaster, I believe that I could be in alot of trouble. But going to the Campus Crusade for Christ Christmas Conference this year totaly changed my life. Through the speakers messages I realized how much God cared for me and that I had better start showing hom that I care for him also.
At the conference I met people from Kennesaw State University that have changed my outlook on life and changed my thoughts that the only people worth hanging out with are the ones on the party scene. They had the happiest spirits of anyone that I had met and they loved to have fun, while at the same time being awesome Christians and showing that Jesus was their one true passion.
Since the conference I have been on fire for God and one week after the youth pastor from my church came to me and asked me to lead the praise team for the youth services on wednesday nights. Since I have started caring for God I am so happy and full of life. I am so much more full than when I was getting my happiness from parties, clubs, and girls.
Though I am totally concentrated on Christ now i am still faced with the same temtations and desires that I had before, but I have learned that there is someone much more powerful than those desires that I can turn to when I am in a time of need.