The Journey Begins

  Dear Brothers and Sisters,

  I have recently enlisted myself into the army, and have decided it would be beneficial to my comrades to share my battle plans with you, as well as exploiting the spies and enemies that are determined to trick us and manipulate us into joining them. I am determined to be victorious, and to never surrender to the enemy. The ultimate General in this army has sacrificed all He has to give me this position in the army, He even offered up his son's life to simply give me the opportunity to enlist, crazy compassion I tell you!
  Although He has promised me peace with his army, He also promises persecution, suffering, pain, and even, earthly death; but hey, I enlisted myself into a war, I shouldn't expect rainbows and butterflies! Besides, it'll be worth it, for once we proclaim victory I'm moving into the General's house, which is greatest house in all the country!
  It's actually pretty crazy how I got into the army. I've been on the enemies side for years now, pretending to be on the General's side, but rather serving and doing the enemies ways. The enemy promised me freedom, comfort, and acceptance, what I didn't know was that the General also promises freedom, but much greater freedom, comfort, but much greater comfort, and acceptance, but acceptance from the General himself. The enemy is full of lies!
  The enemy introduced me into "lovely gifts", drugs, popularity, independence, and much more. He promised these things would ease my hidden pain of the death of my comrade Josh Stanish. Being without the General, I was deceived into thinking the enemy was right, and that these "gifts" would make my life more comfortable, but in reality, it caused me much misery. I ran away from the quarters, breaking my inmates hearts. I lied, manipulated, stole, hated, and was forever enslaved to the enemies chains, until recently.
  You see, the General works in mysterious ways, He persecutes us, not to harm us, but to heal us. He cuts us, not to hurt us, but to touch us. And He breaks us, to make whole what is His. I became broken, I was on the verge on selling my life to the enemy, when the General intervened and offered me to enlist into His army.
  The General tells me in His manual that this war will only last for a small time, and that afterwards He will give a huge feast in his quarters. My journey, and battle with The General has just begun, and the war is brutal! I plan on expressing and discussing all that He tells me, and that I learn from his Manual, as well as the words that I hear from him himself. To make myself and my comrades possibly become more equip to defeat the enemy with weapons only the General can give.
  I pray that you too will enlist into the Army with me, and join me in this battle. If you're already enlisted, please join me and follow my story as I continue to fight the enemy with The General.

  God Bless