The Hog-Tied Wolfman
(My Testimony)
Driven constantly by the desire to be
admired by my peers, I worshipped my "Hog" (Harley Davidson
motorcycle), spending countless hours building and beautifying a machine that
only took me further and further into the emptiness that continued to weigh
down my heart and soul. This "Hog-tied" condition robbed my wife and
children of the husband and father they so desperately needed.
But more than that, I was hopelessly lost
in my search for fulfillment and peace, and ridden with guilt for the way I was
living. I now know that I was actually sinning against God as well as my wife
and three children.
During this time I led a double life as a
successful engineer by day and a "Hog-riding" wild man by night. The
drugs and alcohol I consumed, along with the wretched lifestyle I experienced
with the hog-riders, who were also in the same corrupt condition, began to wear
me down. Thoughts of suicide came into my mind. I thought, "I have tried
it all---rock music, Shelbys, race cars, custom-built motorcycles, cash money, full-tilt carousing, alcohol, drugs" ---but
nothing filled the void in my soul. I lived like an animal; the
"Wolfman" was a true reality.
There were no answers, no peace, no
purpose in my life. Suicide seemed more and more like the answer. After fifteen
years of Godless, full-tilt rebellion against all authority, living the life of
a selfish "me-centered" individual, consuming all the known
"feel-good" solutions, I was at the end of my rope-a desperate,
drunken, defiant hell-bound, mound of human flesh without the will to live.
My wife had become a born-again Christian ten years earlier. She saw the trouble I was going through was following a previous pattern that had ended by two brief stays in "mental institutions." The world's remedies for treating mental/emotional problems (which in reality are sin-caused spiritual problems) did not provide a cure for my sin-sick soul. The condemnation of sin is not limited to just "bikers" and "down-and-outers" for even moral, respectable people are sinners who need a Savior. My wife knew my only hope was the Lord Jesus Christ, and with my permission, she began putting Scripture verses in my lunch box to try to give me stability in my mind.
It was during this final crises period
that I saw some "religious literature" concerning a Bible seminar on
the desk of a former friend who had "gotten religion" a few years
earlier. I picked it up & took it home to show my wife, thinking,
"Maybe this could be what I need to straighten out my life."
The Lord used His word through this Bible seminar to show me that I needed to repent of my sin and put my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ Who came to pay the price for my sin by shedding His Blood on the Cross. When I received Him by faith, I was born from above and He entered my life and my heart and gave me eternal life along with the desire to serve Him as my Lord and Savior.
He miraculously gave me a hunger for His
Word, and a true love for His people. He transformed my life and my family. We
later sold our business and left our home to spend five years studying for the
ministry. His great faithfulness to us has been marvelous during these years of
growing as we continue to serve Him. He is able to save from hell. provide
peace, blessing, and most of all, eternal life if we will only trust in Him.
Jesus said: "Ye must be born again (born from above)". (John 3:7)
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (II Cor. 5:17)
If God has spoken to you through my testimony, and you need to be saved
from your sin, His plan is simple: If you will acknowledge that you are a sinner
and are willing to repent of your sin, and by faith receive the Lord Jesus
Christ, He will save you!!
"For ALL have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans. 3:23
"For the wages of
sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord." Romans. 6:23
"But God commends
His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for
us." Romans. 5:8
"That if thou
shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thy heart
that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved. For with the heart
man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation." Romans. 10:9-10
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