Turning Myself In Was The Best Decision

I hope this story is as good to hear as it is to tell. For years, I was on the run from the law. I wasn't a violent offender, but I was a convict none-the-less (fraud). After a number of years on the run for absconding from my parole, I came to Christ. My late Uncle Ronnie was my pastor and opened up his heart and his church to me. In a brief period of time, I became the church pianist and Bible Study teacher. Everything was going fine for me, and the whole family was amazed at the change in me. But, I wasn't as happy as I should have been. Something was bothering me on the inside, and one night I took my problem to my Uncle Ronnie and his wife, Machell. I told them that I couldn't be a leader in the church and have a warrant out for my arrest. I knew that turning myself into the authorities would mean going back to prison, but my faith was in God, and I knew that He would be in charge of what happened to me. My uncle couldn't have been prouder of me than he was at that moment.

A few days later, I turned myself in to the sheriff, and a few days later was back in the Department of Corrections. I prayed daily. Meanwhile, my cellmate, who was in prison on drug charges, and had attempted to end his life a couple of months earlier, became interested in my unlikely story and my unnatural behavior, and within a week, I led him to Christ. I don't know who wept more that night beside our bunks, but I know that neither of us would have rather been anywhere else than we were right then. I know that God worked a miracle in that cell that night with me and my new brother. His name is Eric Moorman. A few days later I received a letter from the parole board stating that I would soon be released from prison with no parole or probation, and that I would be a free man. I spent a total of three weeks locked up (after absconding from parole for three and a half years!). I know that God's plan was to save Eric, but He used me to do it.

You never know what God has planned for you as long as you are obedient.

Danny F.