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Brian

Hello shine family, my name is Brian I am eighteen years old and I feel it laid on my heart this morning to share a little bit of my story with you all! Well this last year has been a crazy whirlwind for me I have had ups and downs and lots of turn arounds. About five years ago I fell away from God and the faith I was raised in I guess I just gave in to the enemy and let him have his way. Since then I got involved in drugs and drinking and everything that goes with the party life. I thought that this was the way it was going to be that there was no God and he certainly couldn't make me do his will. But about a year and a half ago, half way through my graduating year I met a girl and fell in love or so I thought we started messing around and did things that God only meant for married people. Then in June 2010 we found out that she was pregnant... I was only seventeen at the time and she had just turned sixteen we didn't know what to do neither of us was old enough to take care of it and we certainly couldn't make enough money to give it what it deserved! Abortion was never an option for us and our parents couldn't take it so left adoption as our only option! We started looking into it and talked to two couples one we had a great feeling about but then we met the second couple from Calgary and God left us no doubt this was the family we wanted! We knew that open adoptions are out there but I never dreamed that we would be so blessed our daughter is now seven months old and she has met most of my family! She was born in February and that day when I held her for the first time I just knew that I couldn't keep doing what I was that my daughter deserved more than who I was to be who God wanted her to be! So since then I quit the drugs and the drinking and everything else and I have turned back to the lord. It hasn't been easy I lost the girl i thought i loved but looking back I have gained so much more! I have been on two missions trips this summer and have found a faith and a relationship with God that is unique only to me he has blessed me in so many ways that my life is to small an offering to give to him but it's all I have! I don't know who might read this an what your situation might be but just know that God has a plan. He will bless a willing heart and the sacrifice he desires is a broken and repentant heart put your faith in him trust him with all your heart and he will do amazing things through you right where you are! I think I have rambled on enough now but just really want to encourage you all to cling to the father and never give up hope no matter how bad it gets! Gloria dious! (glory to God)