At thirty years of age, I wrote my first song entitled "Your Light Has Come Through." When I believed the song to be finished, I set aside my pen and guitar. I contemplated the future with great expectations. Though I knew little to nothing about writing songs of praise and adoration to the Lord, I believed my first contribution to Him would undoubtedly earn some form of songwriting recognition and perhaps to earn a special place in God’s heart. In a manner of speaking, I was on my way. Rather naïve thinking, right? I was a younger Christian full of spirit and a youthful desire to prove myself in what some might call a grandiose manner. I had been lost a long time and I believed to be successful at something would prove to my friends and family that I had worth. Well, we all want to be special, right? Now, thirty-four years later, I look back on that first song and I find many flaws in the writing of it and in my motives as well. Above all this, my walk with Christ was in its infant stage and I had much to learn. Little did I know that victory over trials and worldly tribulations would come only through holding tight to the Word of God and in giving complete control of all that you do to the Savior Jesus Christ.