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If I'm being honest

In March of 2021, I was in a very dark place in my life. I was depressed and suicidal, just making it through the day to come home to sleep and repeat my misery. I was in a volunteer organization that I felt was my family, but really I was just an outsider trying my best to fit a mold of what someone else wanted for me. The only good that came from this involvement was meeting the gentleman that is now my pastor. He helped me through many of those dark days back then and introduced me to the way of Truth. He invited me to church and told me to come as I was. I took him at his word and showed up on my pants and station polo shirt. That first service was March 10,  I believe, and I've missed very few since, only for work and an illness.  I followed the Acts 2:38 message of repentance to the best of my understanding at the time, baptism in Jesus name and the reception of the Holy Ghost. I'm learning though that repentance is more than just saying I'm sorry and going on about m...