I did not have any spiritual training as a child. I bought into the self-obsession worldview. If it felt good do it! Growing up in Austin, TX provided the environment for a hedonist lifestyle. By all appearances I was happy, well-rounded and going places. Inside I was dead and dying. I was the most miserable person I knew. And God made sure my misery only increased. He put people and circumstances before me that brought me to my senses. It seemed that, when I was at the edge of the precipice and teetering forward, He grabbed me and revealed His Son to me. I was radically changed. Forgiven...delivered...redirected...hopeful...alive...new creation in Christ.