bobbyb38
bobbyb38
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| Member | Jan 19, 2010 (16 years) |
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Bio
I'd like to share with you more about who I am and what “makes me tick”. First and foremost, I am a “40 something” single guy who’s deeply flawed yet profoundly forgiven. My life was transformed some twenty-five years ago by an encounter with Jesus Christ. He has broken me and loved me at the deepest levels of my existence; while at the same time overwhelming me with His tender mercy and grace. Thru it all God has given me a heart of mercy and compassion and my life’s mission is to give back in some small way what He has so lavishly poured into my life; hope, dignity, redemption, forgiveness, healing, and purpose.
It is for this reason I work helping the developmentally disabled population live with dignity; why I’ve been involved with helping the homeless, “at risk” youth, and the elderly. It’s why I take time to engage and listen to children wherever I may find them, seeking to give them value as precious gifts from God. It’s why I’m devoted to serving in my local church which is so appropriately described as “The Bride of Christ”. I love the Arts and have become an amateur photographer while also learning to play the guitar and some piano. I find nurturing this God given creative drive within me is healing to the soul. I keep a spiritual journal where I’ve poured out my heart including many triumphs and tragedies over a twenty year span. I’d love to publish a few of my writings someday as I’m sure that alot of my experiences will resonate with common humanity.
I see Jesus in the faces of such people as the destitute man I saw standing along the exit ramp today begging for food, the single mom struggling to keep her three young toddlers from running rough shod thru the local McDonald’s. I see Jesus in the faces of the Haitian people trying desperately to survive in the midst of a horrific earthquake. I see Him in the widowed elderly man sitting by himself in Chik-Fil-A desperate for just one person to talk to. I see Him in the broken image I see in the mirror everyday, a man so profoundly aware of his sinful baggage and yet so incredibly humbled by the fact that God has chosen to pursue me in a relentless quest to expose my dysfunctional thinking about Him while revealing His true nature to me time and time again.
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