I feel I need to get this off my chest; confession is good for the soul anyway, right? I am a Christian. I believe every single word the Bible says. I try to be Christ like and when I am in a situation I think WWJD? Which means, "What would Jesus do?" As a Christian I feel like I am giving back to the world, more than I ever did before. And I am so very happy.

But I wasn�t always like that. My story begins when I was ten years old. I was not your average kid. I was a goody-goody and I did what my parents told me to do. I don�t remember ever disobeying or yelling at them. I went to church, helped people, knew my Bible stories pretty well. But that didn�t make me a Christian. I found out that the hard way.

It was a Saturday night and Mom and Sean (my sister) and I were going to a Kathy Trocolli concert and I was doing my best to get out of it. When we got there, we only stayed for a few minutes. I lied and said I was sick and they took me home. I thought I had them all fooled. Mom knew better. I was under conviction at that concert and she told me that. She told me how to become a Christian and I�m sure she expected me to become a Christian right then and there.

I panicked. So I said the prayer, but it was nothing special to me. I didn't take it seriously. So I was a liar and I feel I wasn't a Christian. Whenever I got scared of something or thought something bad would happen, I'd say that prayer again and I'd be "religious" for awhile and then I'd go back to being the same old me. It seemed like a never ending battle. And I let people believe that I was a Christian, but I didn't understand what salvation was. I was a liar and a fake and I didn't care. I never thought my lies would catch up with me.

It was late spring of 2001 and my Internet friends were all having a big fight. I won�t go into it, but I felt I wanted to stick up for them. So I called names, I made fun, I know I hurt feelings. But I didn�t care; I thought I was cool. It took the person who we were arguing with to make me realize that I was a big fake. I was very convicted by what she said.

It was a few days after that that I realized that I was very unhappy with my life. So in June of 2001, I accepted Christ into my heart and now I have a personal relationship with him.

I�d like to apologize for all those I lied to and hurt. I'm sorry I lied to everyone and hurt feelings. I hope you can forgive me.