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God Never Left Me
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My story’s unique as I have already gone to be with the Lord. My parents are believers, bringing me up since day one in the church. As a young boy, I was diagnosed with autism and later in life, bipolar disorder. School never came easy and my parents were strong advocates for my education. In my early teens, my father and I attended a youth retreat with our youth group. To see so many young people spend the weekend together worshipping our Lord was a true wonder. During the retreat, the speaker held an altar call, stating that God had the power to heal it all, take away the pain, the depression, the anxiety. I believed it, but when the speaker asked us to raise our hands if we had been healed, I felt no different, as though God hadn't answered my prayer. I expected the pain and mental health struggles to dissipate instantly. When they didn't, I thought God forgot me. In pain, I turned to my dad and asked to leave.....
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