From the brink of suicide to a life abundant.

Before I received eternal life my insecurity placed me at the mercy of other people's opinions of me, as a result my self esteem was crushed and I was not able to find any contentment in my life.

My insecurities led me to the brink of suicide. I was resolved to kill myself, and I had the plan set. However, God intervened and brought me to a place where I received eternal life. From that point on I found myself more and more able to be released from this bondage. My depression lasted a shorter and shorter time.

That's when I realized that I had indeed received life and life abundantly and eternally.

Now that I have eternal life I am free from the bondage of fear, from the opinions of others. I had found eternal security in the gift of eternal life.

I met Eddie at church a couple of months ago. We immediately clashed, and I realized that Eddie had developed an attitude toward me. I confronted him lovingly about some statements he had made regarding how he "saw" things. I did not back down and lovingly worked through our issues with him. Now, Eddie has come around to not only "approve" of me as a leader at church, but our friendship has blossomed beyond my imagination. Recently he said to me, "Man, you have such a confidence about yourself". I was shocked to hear that. But, then when I began to reflect on what my friend had stated. I realized that having eternal life had really released me from the fear that I once allowed to rule my life, the opinion's of others and myself, which lead to my low self esteem.

Knowing that I have eternal life, that I am going to live forever, gives me all the peace and security that I will ever need to live this life and live it abundantly.