My name is Jon Dixon and my life was a mess before salvation!
I was born in Albuquerque, raised there and in Los Lunas. Growing
up I was involved in sports and earned decent grades. I grew up with
a brother, a sister and my mother raised us, my dad wasn’t around
much. I remember always being interested and wanting to be a part
of what my brother and his friends were doing. In high school I began
making bad decisions; ditching school, getting high, and partying.
My life started going down the tubes as one bad decision lead to another
and so on… The more sin I got involved in the harder my heart
got, the more I didn’t care about life, I began using loft of
drug and my heart became callous…I started hating people and
life in general… I became angry and violently out of control.
I was in and out of juvenile detention my adolescent years…
As I grew older so did my addiction to sin. Until one day my whole
life was shaken. I was at a party one night that ended badly. A fight
broke out and somebody got shot. I found myself sentenced to 3 years
in prison. In a prison cell months after I got sentenced and after
the drugs had worn off, reality hit! I was face to face with who I
really was, the real me; a broken and desolate man, a man in need
of change. I was tired of being a failure, I was tired of being a
loser, I was tired of hurting my family, and I was tired of hurting
inside and being without hope. I remember looking out of my cell window
and seeing a star and asking God if he is real then to show me. Months
later Jesus revealed himself to me. I bowed at my bunk and asked Jesus
to change me! Jesus touched my heart right then and there. No longer
did I hate life but I was filled with joy I can’t express. I
might have been in prison but this was the best time of my life. A
burden was lifted and no longer was my emotions numb. I could feel
happiness. Jesus broke the bondage of sin and set destiny in my heart,
a purpose in life! Jesus has given me reason and purpose! I now have
a wonderful wife and as we seek destiny, God is unveiling His plans
for our life!
~Jon Dixon, 27
April 2008