My Punishment
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I used to be doubtful about my religion. I used to ask questions about whether God was real or not. The last time I went to church was in about 1993. I seriously doubted the Bible, and if God was real. My friends tried to convince me that God was actually real. I remember at one point I had about 5 friends trying to get me to believe. They tried showing me proof, and started getting pretty fed up when I wouldn't believe. I tried to get it through their head that you can't MAKE someone believe something. For about a year I wouldn't believe. I couldn't believe, I didn't have any proof solid enough for me. But my friends still tried to get me to believe.
I was a good person, I never drank, smoked, cussed, or any of the like...but I started getting off-track. I started drinking, not a lot, but I drank. I also started smoking. Whenever I could get a cigarette, which was most of the time, since my mom smoked and I could steal them, I smoked it. I also started cussing, really bad. Every other word was a cuss word. I didn't think about how that would affect my life, or God, because, as I said, I didn't believe. Well, I wasn't sure what to believe. I guess you could say I was "agnostic". I went on like this for months. And I never thought twice about it.
One of my friends who tried to get me to believe in God was Tyson. He was an awesome guy who went to church every Sunday. He got baptized when he was a little kid. He was one of the people who tried his BEST to get me to believe. By this time, I was getting there, but I didn't fully believe.
One day, Tyson was driving down the road, ran off, and tried to get back on. The car started skidding and when he finally got it straightened up, a pick-up truck came the other way and hit his car head-on. He had his seatbelt on, and the impact made the lap belt rupture a major vein near his kidney.
Tyson was one of my best friends. He was there when I needed him, and never asked questions when I asked him for a favor. But after his death, I turned completely around. I stopped smoking, drinking, and am trying my best to stop cussing. I am starting to go to church, and I totally believe in God and the Bible and everything. People might say "She was someone who didn't go to church for like 10 years, and then all of a sudden turned into a saint?! What's up with that?!" But people don't see the whole picture. I believe God took Tyson away from me to get my attention. He took him away to tell me that I need to get my life together. That I need to start going to church and believing in God. I am almost 18 and I have never been baptized. But hopefully that will change soon. I want to be saved. I want to turn my life around because I don't want to be in hell, while Tyson is in heaven, and I never get to see him again. That's the main reason I am getting my life together. So I can be with Tyson after I die.
I'm telling all you guys, if you are in the position I was in, please, please come to your senses and start believing before it's too late and the Lord takes someone away from you that you love. Please listen to my plea and change your life before it's too late!
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