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Christian Testimony
==Christian Testimony==
Carey grew up listening to The "Rock a Billy Sounds " of His Dad singingsongs like: "Johnny Cash-I Walk the Line", "Hank Williams-I Saw The Light","Elvis", "Kitty Wells-Honky Tonk Angels" 'n' Hymns after Church on Sundaysafter Church. In 1977 , Carey began gigging wk-ends at: Hotels, House Parties & Wedding Halls; covering 50's, Punk,
British, Country & Rock 'n' Blues Artists.
After Ten years, He Acquired Some Live performace performance skills, ect. / which eventually Landed Three Big Breaks, The First break was agreat experience into a new level of which gig; where He opened for an Obscure Texan Band at / Barrymores, Ottawa,
{Who is a Cross between Stevie Ray Vaughn & CCR & Who just got off
Tour with The Fabuous Thunderbirds}
"Omar and The Howlers."
After Dropping out of Highschool, He moved to Toronto, to pursue a Music Career equipped with an Aria/Electric Guitar & 8-track stereo for a ampliflier.
While in Toronto He frequented Live Band Clubs & called newspaper " Drama / Music adds.
With no substantial leads & minimum wage jobs, He moved back home; discouraged.
After Wrestling with Depression, Anxiety; He finally listened to His Mother; Who prayed, He'd meet People Who could Mentor Positive Changes in His Life.
He Decided to physically lighten The Load & Sold His Truck & Gear and Called Alcoholics Annonymous.
He Aggressively Attended many Meetings ... { 90 meetings in 90 Days / then weekly for approx 6 years }
during which time, He was able to Get Back on to His Feet and completed A Highschool Diploma in Alternative School with 5 english courses. Through A Teacher's encouragement, He wrote some Poetry which He sent out to Several University Contests.
The "Third Awesomely Big Break" happened in a Little Country Chapel one Spring Night, May 1990.
While singin' Hymns to Jesus with a Small Circle of Christian Church PeopleFolks.He had sang Hymns before;but these people genuinely knew who they were Singin' To! and seemed trustworthy and genuine.
With nothin' to lose He continued to hangout and
a half hour or so later, Wham !
This was where He found out that,
"The Lord is Real"!
This was where He 1st Met first met "Jesus".The Invisable yet , profound Power of Jesus.
Now, through His own personal encounter with Jesus' Presence and Forgiveness,
He knows that Life is not always a Perfect Bed of Roses and that "The Lord" can sucessfully turn around failure's for Good.
He knows That The Lord has given Him Some Amazing New Friends.
He knows that The Lord's 1st first in His life because without His Presence; He would not even have this new sense of Hope, Healing & Dignity.He knows that Talking with People is Goodpowerful, one conversation wiht someone who has experienced what you have; can Dismantle the Smallest or Largest Issues.
Sometimes, help is only "A PHONE CALL AWAY"!
To Open Their Heart's Door to let The Lord In.
Whether You're living on the "Street" or a " Modern Executive."Their are no favorites with God.every Every Man Falls Short of the Glory of God.
You don't Have to Wait until You have a Dilemma to Meet the Lord.
What mind-set is holding You back from meeting Him Now !
There are 365 Days in a Year; take these next few Minutes to make the biggest Life decision You have 've ever made.
You don't have to sign up on any list, just follow through and genuinely say The Following Prayer I have linked up for as You scroll down.
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The more I get to know The Lord,
I Know that He's become My Greatest Friend.
When You feel like There is No-One Who will Listen to You.
The Lord has Time for You.
Irregardless of whether it's subtle or powerful, God wants to communicate.
He want's to cover us with Prayer from others Who know Him & You can read the Bible together.
Reading The Bible can cover the mind and emotions and feed and bring healing to Your soul
We feed our bodies with food, we Drink Water, We Exercise, We can't live in isolation, Plants need the Sun, We need the Sun too, we need Jesus the Son of God!
If we don't, our soul's can spirtually die or get sick.
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