“And yet even after letting me see where my own path would lead me, God bailed me out of the consequences that I had brought on myself. It seemed even if I chose things that led to bondage and captivity,… — Michael J Heil Copy Share Image
“I felt so lost in my addiction, I believed that no one was capable of understanding or helping me. I thought I was uniquely… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“That’s when it finally hit home—God is not a pile of bricks or a collection of outdated rules—He is a living, breathing, Being. No… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“I didn’t realize that there would always be something influencing my decisions and weighing in on my life. At this moment weed was calling… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“Common sense told me that I didn’t want to lie to my family constantly, steal all the time, and drug myself into a coma.… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“If you use sex whenever you want with whomever you want, you’re treating it like trash, like it means nothing. Imagine a piece of… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“As I sat on the floor in the corner of the concrete block, it felt as if the last domino had fallen in my… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“I was no longer missing a piece. Jesus had taken all my insufficiencies, washed them away, and filled the very core of my being… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“God could not overlook the plight of the orphan or the widow, the victim of genocide, war, or rape; He could not turn His… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“I’d been so used to the court system and thinking of myself as a criminal. I’d been so used to pleading in abeyance, proclaiming… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“I tried to think and hope for the best, but it didn’t change who I was. It didn’t change my core, my desires, my… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“We live in a world full of contracts. When someone fails to meet the outlined terms of the contract, we seek a better suitor.… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“Perhaps life’s simplest and most frequent mistake is to take who we are for granted in our anxious anticipation of who we might be.… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“Each year there are new scientific breakthroughs, many of which contradict the old ones. Blinding myself by becoming set in my bigoted, limited perspective… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“When the eternal God looked at my record and said, “Michael is found guilty, the penalty of his crimes is death and his crimes… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
“I was told that even if I had years of sobriety, I would always be an addict, and I believed it. Since my identity… — Michael J Heil Copy Share
