What's My Story
The Journey Began
STAN SCROGGINS
All my life, even as a young boy, I always tried to please the people in my life. It was important to me to "earn" their acceptance.
I was a "good" kid. But deep inside I understood that all my "goodness" was not pleasing to God because I knew He could see deep inside me and knew what motivated me.
I began to understand that God loved me and wanted a relationship with me regardless of all the "things" I did. He loved me just as I was and not according to the things I could do. That's when I asked Jesus to save me.
Once I accepted Christ the Holy Spirit began to change my desire to please others. That continues still, but a crisis point came in college when I found myself on my knees, confused, begging for God's reassurance. He spoke to me that night with an awareness of His pressence like never before. It was at this point that I surrendered my life over to Christ.
After that prayer I was able to get up and go to sleep. The next day things began to change. My focus began changing, often without me even realizing it was the move of God upon my life. Looking back now it is so obvious, but harder to recognize while it was happening.
I look forward to being in the physical pressence of God. But until then I am enjoying a full life now, walking daily with God. He wants a relationship with me because of who I am, not based on what I do. There is almost no other relationship in life like that.