I know it is a long shot to connect with Joel Osteen or the Seventh Day leadership, but I have to start somewhere. It seems most logical to try and get right to the top.
I am seriously a dude like the rest of you, just living my life, and this stuff happens.
I have no special skills or abilities. I am just a regular guy, grew up in suburbia, public educated, flunked out my senior year of college. I used to watch a lot documentaries and do progressive stuff. I wanted to build experimental communities to do work with alternative currencies, building, perma-culture etc.
I started talking to a voice in my head calling it self God. I don't even believe in God at the time. God took me on some wild adventures and made sure I knew he would crush my soul and life if I didn't respect his authority, and here I sit today. Telling you all, I think the return of Christ is imminent.
I know how I got here, I listened to that damn voice that kept getting me arrested for stupid stuff and finally got me home. I know why I got arrested. I know why God put me in those jails. It wasn't because I was bad. It was to give him a place to store his energy. God took the jails. He came to the prisoners. Have you ever been to jail to visit the faithful, they are very serious about their faith. It can be hard to keep it when they leave because the world is full of temptation. There is no help for them to join society and follow the ways of Christ.
I know who I am and I am just a normal guy like you all, full of imperfections and inconsistencies. I just am what you get right now.