What I believe, wow, that's asking a lot! I guess I can sum it all up with one word, God. ** Of course you expect more on this assignment, and it's impossible to write everything that it means, so I'll write about the main parts as they pertain to my life now.

Well about three years ago I got saved, which basically, to break it down, means that I asked the Lord to come into me. At the time I was only told about half of it, so I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. I think that that's good though, maybe I saw more of the Lord in ignorance than I ever could of through doctrine.

Immediately following that I tried to forget all that I had found, but how can you ignore something that's a part of you? So I know this isn't what I believe but you need background to understand. I won't go into details, but my life for the next two years could be said to be anti-Christian; in fact it went against everything I believed before I got saved. However, the Lord did something that would effect my life drastically, He moved me to Ontario.

Shortly after moving here I came to the church life. I quickly found out that here I couldn't look at God as a religion, or as a story. I couldn't ignore this thing inside of me, when everyone around me was releasing it so strongly.

So I followed God on and off for three-quarters of a year, until I realized that it was not of myself that I should follow Him, but through the leading of His Spirit in me. It was no longer about how strong I was, but just about His life. Satan wasn't defeating me through lust or depression, or any of the excuses I used; his tactic was to stop me from calling on the Lord.

So that's what I believe. I believe that if I just call "Lord Jesus" then He'll be there. That He'll lead me the way He wants, that He'll provide the strength, and that He'll flood comfort over me so that it's not a hardship, but a joy to live in His way.

I believe other things as far as morality goes. I have a set of rules I live by when I'm too stubborn to just talk to Him. But I know that my goodness is at the same level as my sin. I know that my trying to be righteous isn't any better then trying to be rebellious. I know that it's only through God's life that I truly live righteously, and I know that it will always be there.

I'm not testifying that I always live by what I believe. I do believe, however, that the more I call and the more I spend time with God, the more it becomes automatic to just talk and listen to Him; to live by Him.

I haven't said much, but I've really said everything. I only need this one belief, everything else is a distraction. So to sum it all up, in a very human sort of sentence, I guess you'd say I believe in living by God's Spirit.