This is a story about a young man I once knew. He struggled so much in life and had done horrible things. But enough intro.
Growing up this guy went to church and learned about God and did the "christian" boy thing. He loved everyone and anyone. He even gave a hug to a homeless man who as the boy put it "Looked like he needed a hug". Needless to say this little boy was a sweetheart. He even (from what he was told) understood God more than his little brain could comprehend. But sadly this little boy changed drastically.
When this little boy was 6 years old something thing happened that turned him into a little angry hellion of a child. He was abused. Not by family but someone that was his friend. He had no idea what happened but later he described it as "Feeling dirty and bad". Then he learned the emotion called ANGER and for some reason he enjoyed it. It helped him numb the pain in his heart. So this little boy became hurtful and hated everyone. He even hurt is own family. One day the little boy learned that his father wasn't his birth father. This tore his little soul apart. He became so spiteful and hurtful that he didn't care anymore. This went on for several years.
Then the day came that he was fed up with feeling weak and afraid. He started physically beating on his family. He would punch, kick, bite and push his siblings around. To his mom he used his words to torture her. The sad thing is he hated himself as well as everyone and everything. He came to the point of not being able to take it anymore and tried to hang himself. Now this was the first of many attempts. But the first one was only a cry for help. And so the smart thing to do was put him on a crazy amount of meds. Which they did. And then it escalated to such heights that his teacher found out and then it all changed.
At age 11 this little boy had no friends but didn't care. He liked being alone. But the torturing of everyone around him had to stop. The only way to do that was to take him away from the world. And so on October 29th 2000, he was charged with abuse and sent to detention. He hated this and for almost 5 years he didn't receive any of the help that was offered. One time he was abused again by 2 young men that took advantage of how small he was. So this now 12 year old, thought to himself "I deserve this. God is getting pay back for what I have done." After about 4 and a half years, this now 15 year old boy started to change. He learned that God wasn't angry at him. Now I say learned because he did not yet believe it.
On February 22nd 2005 he was released from the Court and a week later moved to the state of Arkansas. I won't tell you all the struggles that he went through but i do want to highlight just a few. At 17 this young man still had anger issues. He was addicted to Marijuana, alcohol, cigarettes and even sex. He just wanted to forget the pain he had caused so long ago. But one day when he was 21 his mom said that he should try this thing called Job Corp. And so with a lot of forceful pushing he applied and got accepted. He learned the art of Carpentry. Now this is where the story gets interesting, in a good way. He hadn't wanted Carpentry, he wanted to be a welder. But things happened that didn't allow him to do that. One day he went to God, for the first time in years, and said "God I am tired of failing. Make me learn the trade that makes me become closer to the plan you have for me". So that is when he became a Carpenter.
After that day he started to learn more and more about the true nature of God. But he still hated himself. He wanted to know God more. So he went to a Christian school type thing and one day during that school he threw himself into a bonfire that is Gods Love and was no more.
THIS BOYS NAME WAS SHERIDAN CAMPBELL HALL.
Then within the same body God created a new person. Who he also called Sheridan Campbell Hall. But instead of being a hateful, selfish boy, he was a man who wanted to love and serve others.
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