I was brought up in a Christian home, before Internet was part of our lives. I was the kid in Sunday School who knew the answers. That was probably because my parents taught the classes and talked to me about it through the week. I was brought up singing songs that to this day come to mind when I face problems. I asked Jesus into my life as a 9 year old. I was not perfect then and never have been since. I continued to live a life that on the outside looked calm and provided people with the sense that I was a good person. Although I knew the things I did that kept me from God, and those closest to me knew also.

Through my late teens and 20’s I continued to drift further away from God. I did not attend church again and spent my time doing everything in my power to live away from God. I met my wife Melody and we began dating. Just over a year later we were married. I thought that this would resolve my problems with God. We attended church and I continued to live away from God in my marriage. We brought the Internet into our home and sin now had residence in our home. We were attending a church that was singing a song, the words start in Psalm 57:10 – “Create in me a clean heart, oh God, renew a right spirit within me. Restore unto me the joy”

What “joy”? There is no more guilt or worry about being found out. There was freedom in telling God and my wife about my sin. Our marriage is stronger today than ever (we still work on it regularly). The songs that I sang as a boy are now part of who I am; part of who we are raising our daughter to be. The Internet is now a tool for sharing my testimony and mentoring others who want to be free . . . to feel the joy of His salvation. Verses to read come from Psalm 57:10-13.