Sometimes God redeems your story by surrounding you with people who need to hear your past so it doesn't become their future.
Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle.
Pitting your dream against someone else's is a fantastic way to get discouraged and depressed.
Sometimes when jerks become Christians, it's like a bully learning karate. Instead of having Christ transform our hearts and attitudes, we now have a new method with which to beat you up....what was once just 'forcing everyone to agree with my opinion' is now 'forcing everyone to agree with my opinion in the name of God.
I want the peace in knowing that is wasn't for lack of hustling that I missed a target for my dream. I want to know that the one thing in my control was under control.
