When I was 19, I would be around people who would go out and drink alcohol and take drugs.  I was with these people because I was just looking to hang with people. I would go the extra mile with these people so that I could be in their group because otherwise I felt like an outcast. Months passed by and I realized that what I was doing wasn’t making me happy. I was very depressed and wanted to end my life. I would just go in front of cars and trucks but they didn’t hit me. I was invited to go to my friend’s house and they had all kinds of alcohol and drugs just laying out. I already made up my mind that night to commit suicide. I did all sorts of things and somehow I ended up back in my room. I said God just take my breath away I don’t want to live anymore. Suddenly, my breath started leaving and inside of me I was crying out please God let me live! My breath came back and I said God if you’re real, clean me up because I don’t want to do this anymore. The next morning I didn’t have a hangover and the toilet bowl wasn’t my best friend. It felt as if nothing happened to me. When I came to Florida, I was invited to a church and got saved. I’m so thankful that the Lord had saved me in just a time like this. I no longer need to please man and get into a group of people. I just please the Lord because he doesn’t pick and choose who he wants; he loves us all.

–Nancy