As I grew from a boy into my teenage years, I noticed that my parents became much more concerned about the friends I hung around. When I was a kid in the summertime, I remember leaving my home after I ate breakfast, and not coming in until lunch. I would then leave again and stay out until my mom rang …

All of us have faced troubled times in our lives, and it is amazing how the Lord sends along just the right verse, or the right person when those times come. Almost twelve years ago now, I was having some strange feelings and ended up going into the emergency room of our local hospital around 1:30 in the morning. They …