For as long as I can remember I've had two major desires in my heart. The first was to find forever love. I had thrown my heart into relationships searching for that love but ended up hurt, disillusioned and disappointed. The second was to become a musician. A musician that impacted people in the way that I had been impacted by music. But I never really believed in myself enough to pursue it. When I was a teenager, I started getting high with friends for 'fun' at first but then I started using it as a major crutch to numb the hurts and disappointments that I began to accumulate in my life. I started having severe panic attacks. I couldn't work, eat or sleep. I felt like I was going crazy. Right in the middle of this time, my cousin Rocky came to my mind. I knew he had gone through similar things & he seemed to have turned his life around.

When I called him, he dropped everything to meet with me. He encouraged me & prayed for me. Everything wasn't instantly better but there was a tangible peace that surrounded him that I had never experienced before. He was working at a church and as I hung out there I felt surrounded by that same peace. I eventually started going to the church services with him. I began to realize that Jesus was the source of this peace.  One night, I called out to Jesus and asked Him to fully have reign over my life. I knew in my heart that He would do way better than I ever could on my own. God went to work on my heart and healed it from the hurts, he gave me a confidence that I never had before knowing He had my life in His hands. My relationship with God has truly revolutionized my life. He knew the things that were in my heart because He put them there. He opened up the gift of music in my life. I have written, recorded and performed more than I had ever thought possible for me.

God brought me the desire of my heart. That real love. I put it in His hands and he had the best for me. I was married last year to my best friend Diana. God delights in our trust in Him. My life has never been the same. Every day is not perfect, but what's changed is that I have that peace following me every where I go.

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