Knocking on Heaven's Door

“You’ll find your peace through Jesus Christ.” That’s what was told to me by an old woman on the bus one morning in 2002. My day started like any other … strung out from a night of smoking crack and loud pounding on my motel room door, the manager outside demanding I pay for another day or get out. I filled my pipe with my last piece of crack and smoked it to clear away the cobwebs from my head, then caught a bus with my last dollar. I needed to go rob some store to get money to buy more crack. We were the only two on the bus. I noticed her looking at me thoughtfully for a minute or two when she said:“You’re lost and alone and your life is not going the way it should.”I just looked at her and hung my head.“You’ll find your peace through Jesus Christ” she continued.Something changed inside of me right then: a spark was lit. Though I was a drug addict, those words of truth, “Peace through Jesus Christ” became a planted seed … and they saved my life.Before I continue, I want to tell you a