For the last six months, I’ve been in and out of the hospital. I was rushed to Halifax with what doctors believed was a brain bleed. Then, in a way no one could explain, it was gone. God spared my life.
Yet even after that miracle, I still wasn’t fully listening to what God was placing on my heart.
Now I’ve spent four nights back in the hospital with chronic headaches, dangerously high blood pressure, and vomiting. As I’ve laid here in this hospital bed, I’ve prayed more, listened more, and finally become still enough to hear His voice.
Sometimes God whispers before He allows the storm to get our attention.
We are tested every day. The challenge is learning whether what we’re facing is from God, the enemy, or both. Scripture shows us this in the life of Job. Satan desired to test Job’s faith, and God allowed the testing, knowing Job’s devotion would remain true.
I can’t pretend to know exactly why I’m facing these trials, but I know this: God has never left me.
He has carried me from gang life, a childhood marked by hardship, absent parents, and abuse, through the biker lifestyle, into becoming a pastor. Now He is leading me to build The Shepherd’s Flame, an online ministry, and to establish Iron Wolves Christian Motorcycle Club, reaching people who often believe the Church has no place for them.
If God can pull me from the pit, He can rescue anyone.
This message is for the lost lambs.
For those who feel judged because of the way they look.
For those with tattoos, scars, addictions, criminal records, broken families, or rough exteriors.
For the black sheep who believe they’ve gone too far.
You have not.
You are loved.
You are wanted.
You are needed.
Jesus didn’t come for the people who thought they had it all together. He came for the broken, the weary, and the lost.
If you’ve been running, it’s time to come home.
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, is waiting with open arms.
“The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10