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Story of Recovery

My Story

I don't really know when it began. Or even why.

I was brought up in a wonderful Christian home with two parents who fully imparted God's love to me, and nurtured in the faith by an excellent Bible-believing church. I came to know and love Jesus in a very authentic relationship in early childhood.

I didn't struggle with most of the temptations urban teenagers encounter: drugs, alcohol, cheating at school, fighting, stealing. I had a superego the size of a Wal-Mart. Yet, sexual fantasy was a challenge for me, a source of incredible guilt and torment. Fortunately, through high school, I had limited exposure to explicit material.

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Just Be Hush

Let the record show: I don't think that gospel music has gone too far. And there are plenty of contemporary Praise & Worship songs that I like. And I have no quarrel with Christian hip-hop. But I cut my spiritual eye teeth on hymns, the old traditional, multi-verse, theology-packed statements of faith with rhyming stanzas and one chord per note melodies. And today, these hymns remain a vital component of my spiritual diet.

There are three types of hymns: hymns I like, hymns I don't like, and hymns that make me cry. The other morning, I sat down to the piano with troubled heart and the hymnal decided to open to a category three selection.

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...AND I FOUND MYSELF...

...AND I FOUND MYSELF...

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