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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Light and Dark (05/21/09)
I was wallowing in the blackness of sin and all the deviations that sin holds was my plight. I grew up with drinking and being exposed to all kind of sexual perversion known to man. Nothing was forbidden and if a person desired any kind of pleasure, it was made available to them.

I had the world on a string or so I thought. I had fancy clothes, jewelry, big cars, big houses, lots of money and more friends then I could count. I was invited to black tie affairs, fancy balls and drink flowed like Niagara Falls. I knew people that were unprincipled and if someone caused problems they were quietly eliminated.

One day I met Justin while I was jogging and after getting to know him, I told him that he was weird. He never cursed or drank beer or did any of the things I did. Justin laughed and joined me as we jogged around the park together. I enjoyed jogging with Justin because he did not pressure me into joining his Christian friends when they would meet him afterwards. Justin didn’t look at me any differently then his Christian friends, which puzzled me. I looked forward to meeting him so we could jog and enjoy talking about anything and everything without any interruptions. He told me how he came to know Jesus and everything that had transpired since then. Justin was the only one who could talk to me about Jesus without making me feel guilty or as if he was trying to change the person, I was. We jogged every weekend for several months and one day I was jogging and saw Justin sitting under a tree absorb in reading his Bible. Justin sprang to his feet when he saw me and ran to my side.

“Hi Joseph, how are you doing today? You look a little tired are you all right. I was thinking about you and I was hoping to see you and maybe sit down and catch up on all that’s been happening with you. How about grabbing ice tea at the corner café?” Justin said.

I sat across from Justin enjoying the iced tea and the soft gentle breeze. Justin didn’t say a word but placed his Bible in front of me and pointed to where he wanted me to look. What Justin pointed to caught me unaware and I couldn’t help myself as I sat there reading the list of sins of the world my world and I was shocked by what I read. I looked at Justin to see if he had that same judgmental look, I had seen so many times before from other people. I wasn’t prepared for a look of love and acceptance. For the first time in my life, I was speechless.

Joseph I’ve lived the life you are living and I know from experience that bashing people over the head that are up to their ears in sin does not work. I do not judge others but I was not always like that. Like you, a loving gentle man did what I just did for you. Saving my soul was important, he willingly fought to save me from spending eternity in hell, and that is what I am offering you. You just read the list of sins this world has to offer in Galatians and from your reaction, you were shocked. Joseph in the book of Romans it says the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Justin said.

Justin I have done some very dark, ugly and perverse things in my life even I am not proud of them. Can God even forgive those detestable sins I
committed without prejudice? I do not have the right to ask God the Father to forgive my sins. Joseph said.

Joseph my friend Isaiah said it better then I can. Please read Isaiah 53:1-12 slowly. Justin said.

After Joseph read the Isaiah passage, we went to my apartment across the street from the coffee shop. Tears flowed freely as Joseph repented and asked Jesus to be his Savior

Joseph these words are from John 8:38 NIV. “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of the world.” That Joseph now applies to you. You no longer walk in darkness but in the light of the world.
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Jan Ackerson
05/28/09
Nothing like a wonderful conversion story!

Through most of the story, your narrator is "I", but toward the end, you switch to 3rd person. Be careful of run-on sentences and punctuation.

I love the way you wrote you Christian character; what a humble man!
c clemons
05/29/09
I agree with the previous comment, at the end you did flip tenses. Concerning content, although your character did not want to be preachy it did sound a little preachy. I would have liked the unsaved character to have learned by example instead of the slight beating over the head his friend gave him. Remember the old saying that your life/actions, may be the only Bible that someone reads.