Looking at my life throughout high school and middle school, I seemed like the last person anyone would expect to come to Christ.  I was very much into drugs and alcohol, always sneaking around behind my parents’ back.  I didn’t care about the consequences of my choices or the feelings of those around me.  My life was purely selfish until the Lord decided it was time for a change.  Slowly I began to clean up my act, no longer drinking, smoking or swearing.  I wasn’t doing it for God though; I was doing it to please the guy I was dating at the time.  When we broke up and I moved to Indianapolis for college, I went back to my old habits.

One night, I was at a friend’s party, and I was drunk and by myself in a room.  I began bawling and crying out to God, feeling terrible for letting myself go.  For awhile, there had been a battle going on inside me about the lifestyle I wanted to live, but that night it hit me hard.  I tried to walk the Christian walk again, but I was struggling really badly.  My new friends at school didn’t know what to make of me because one moment I was “a Christian” and the next I was out of control.  Then a friend told me, “If you walk with a gallon of water over your head, it will eventually become burdensome, but if you dive into an ocean where there are thousands of gallons of water, you don’t even feel it because you’re surrounded.  You can’t live both lives, Taryn.”  This changed my whole perspective and life.

 

When I went back to Indianapolis after Thanksgiving break that year, I decided to give my life to Christ, every bit of it.  I met a friend who told me about ENCI and a small group he was part of.  The group was extremely powerful and the people were amazing.  They welcomed me with open arms and cared for me as their own child.  And God had brought me right to the church I needed.  It was lively and engaging and the atmosphere was one of encouragement to worship freely.  Once I was plugged into my life source, it didn’t take long to see me change.  The Lord had given me spiritual Miracle Grow.

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