Naive
There are times when I wonder who I would have been had I not been protected. In Bible College, I joined a choir which toured the northeast states. During each performance, our choir director would randomly invite several students to share their testimonies. We never knew who he would call on. I wasn’t ashamed of my faith, but I was definitely nervous to speak in front of a crowd. Some of my classmates had dramatic and extended testimonies filled with backsliding and debauchery. In contrast, my testimony was boring. My parents were missionaries in France. My mom led me in the sinner’s prayer when I was four or five years old. That was it. I didn’t sleep around. I wasn’t into drugs. I didn’t smoke. In fact, I didn’t swear and I never touched alcohol until I was out of college (and rarely at that). I was squeaky clean. The bottom line is - I was seriously sheltered. I went to a Christian school K-12. Throughout middle school and high school, I attended a youth group calle