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God's IMPACT on Me

            One October night in 2005, I was sitting in my dorm room lonely, afraid, and in need of a Savior.  My first semester was not going as well as I hoped, as a matter of fact, it was going much worse.  I had never been faced with the challenge Chapel Hill was giving me and my grades portrayed that.  I had come to realize that it did not matter that I finished fifth in my class or that I was regarded as the smartest African-American ever to come from my high school, none of that meant anything, for past accomplishments mean nothing (Philippians 3). 

    I was lost.  I thought that I could choose my own career plan without help so I did not consult the Lord and came to college as a Mathematical Decision Science major and would brag about how I had my whole life mapped out.  I enjoyed telling people my major and hearing them constantly ask me what it was.  I thought I was so smart because I was majoring in something that most had ever heard of.  But on that night, none of that mattered as I realized that there is only one who controls my life.

                I had gone to church for years, I had attended IMPACT bible studies, and I had no problem believing that God was real and that Jesus died for me.  I had even been saved in the church when I was 12 years old.  However, here I was at a crossroad in my life.  Even though I was struggling, I did not want to give up my life to God.  I could not comprehend the various verses that say that I must give up my WHOLE life to live for Him.  To me, losing all control of my life was a very high price to pay just to follow someone.  However, on that October night, I lost all my pride and rededicated my life to Jesus Christ.

                I did not witness any miraculous signs, or visions that night, but I knew that I had just taken a big step in my life.  God disciplines those he loves (Hebrews 12:6), so I was still punished in the fall for thinking that I could just choose my own major without consulting God.  Although it was not horrible, I was not satisfied with my GPA after fall semester.  However, in the midst of it all, God was still blessing me.  He used a mere English 11 teaching assistant to show me what I should major in.  After much deliberation, I stepped out on faith in December and switched my major to Exercise and Sports Science (I later picked up Psychology as a second major).  I weight train all the time, but never did I think that God would use this talent of mine and make a career out of it.  God is good!

                I entered spring semester with a fresh, peaceful spirit and the next thing I knew I was making superb grades and leading a campus ministry.  Now I live a life completely devoted to do the will of my Father in Heaven.  This is my testimony. I know God is real, and I cannot help but to relay this message to all the lost souls who may be at the same crossroad that I was at last October.  All glory to God.  It is written.

~RodMan

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