Kelly
@kelly perkins
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Tyler, TX USA
Joined Jul 7, 2010
As I lay on my bunk at the Smith County low-risk facilities in Tyler, TX one hot July evening in 2006, The Lord gave me the words and music for this song. I was a "guest" there, so to speak, awaiting sentence because of a recent DWI charge, my third. The title for the song was WHILE THERE IS TIME, which eventually became the title for a whole CD project I later recorded.
God was merciful in my situation. The charge was dropped from a felony DWI to a misdemeanor because my first DWI in 1981 was deferred adjudicated. I had already spent six months in jail, thinking I was going to do prison time eventually. But God had other plans for me. When I finally got to court, the judge pronounced a "time served" sentence, along with no fines and no court costs! I was free!
I had previously made arrangements to go to Calvary Commission, a ministry in Lindale, TX that provides a discipleship training program for ex-offenders. After my prison time had been completed, this was where my new life was going to begin. So, when I was released from jail, without having to go to prison, I contacted the Dean of Admissions and told him of how God had turned the situation around. A few weeks later, Calvary Commission became my new home.
During my one year stay at this wonderful ministry, The Lord healed me of my past hurts, delivered me from a hardened heart, and restored my spiritual condition.
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