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Paul Lytle graduated from Houston Baptist University with a BA in English and Political Science. He now lives in Richmond, Texas, and is about to enter seminary. He has been playing guitar for more than a decade and knows at least four chords.

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Testimony:

I grew up in a Christian household, and always considered myself Christian, even though I wasn't. For a long time I wasted my life wallowing in narcissism and self pity. Despite efforts to get back on track, I kept getting worse. My grades were slipping, I was sleeping too much, and I was generally miserable. One day I was involved in a massive car wreck that blocked the entire freeway for hours. There were seven cars in the accident, mine in the very center. The car in front of he caught fire and burnt up in seconds. I was knocked totally unconscious by the wreck, but a few guys from a nearby construction site cut me out of the seatbelt and carried me to safety.

When I saw what had happened to my car (it was in such bad shape that the police told my mother that there had been no red Taurus in the wreck; one had been — my car just wasn't recognizable anymore), I realized that it had been a true miracle that I survived.

If there is one thing that humans are good at, it is ignoring things they do not want to see. I did not ignore this event, but it did not fully change me. Emotionally it did. Almost instantly I was happier. I began to really concentrate on school, and drastically bettered my grades. But though I was sure that God had saved me, I did not fully believe. The thing stopping me was that I didn't understand His love.

Then I met the woman who would become my wife. Our relationship opened the door to emotions I could never before imagine. Suddenly, I understood something of that love.

I didn't understand the half of it. Entrusting my soul to Christ made me capable of more love than ever before. That little bit I had felt before was enough to convince me of the truth in Christ, but what He allowed me to feel afterward put that little bit to shame.