My Jesus Testimony / Mission
My Story
Hey! I’m Corey, and this is a bit of my life story.
In February of 2022, I came to know the creator of the universe, whom I believe to be Jesus Christ. For over a decade prior, I was dedicated in my search for truth about this world, my identity, purpose, and looking for healing and answers to my own life struggles (anxiety, PTSD, OCD tendencies, and chronic esophageal spasm issues). Though I had a pretty great childhood, I never really realized the hurts and fears I took on and integrated into my mind and subconscious as life happened. Despite often trying to navigate life with a “glass-half-full” optimistic mentality, I’ve also been plagued by self-worth issues, difficulty expanding comfort zones, truly connecting deeply with others, and decision-making paralysis.
I found myself living, but lost; feeling relatively directionless. My healing journey eventually led me to getting involved with some holistic practices that had roots in the occult (unknown to me at the time). It was from some of these practices that catalyzed my spiritual awakening initiation in 2010, and catapulted me into never-ending spiritual searching for truth. Intrigued? Please read on below!
The Early Years
All in all, I grew up with a great family in a beautiful town in Michigan. At a young age, I was drawn to wanting to be a pro hockey player or race car driver (I mean, I think the mullet gives that away). I loved excitement, sports, and being active (and still do). But at the same time, I was also drawn to art and expression in its many forms, music, the planets, the weather, animals, sci-fi/action movies, psychology, and the unknown or metaphysical aspects of life. I also had aspirations to be a television meteorologist (just ask my mom how many weather reports I used to give). I was even a Local 4 weather kid once. You could also find me at church from time to time as well in my childhood years, so I had some background into Christianity, Jesus, etc.
However, around age 10, things started to turn a bit in terms of how I interacted with the outside world. I had some unfortunate experiences occur in my life, and these experiences (which I plan to touch more on in my content) started to tell my mind and nervous system that the world wasn’t safe.
It was around this time, when I started to have some anxious and esophageal issues, which have been chronic for me since that age. I believe I internalized a lot of trauma (unbeknownst to me at the time), and it started to affect how I operated and saw things during important development stages of my life (I didn’t realize half of this though until I started addressing/understanding the anxious issues in my late teens/early 20’s).
The College Years & My Spiritual Shift
After high school, I went down the relatively typical educational route by getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Communications. However, after graduating, it was at that point I felt like I didn’t really know where to take my life. I was in retail, and I was also DJing (which was awesome), but knew I wanted to try and put my degree to use, and I SO BADLY wanted the Monday – Friday, 9-5 job so I didn’t have to utilize my weekends constricted behind a cash register. I soon landed that first 9-5 graphic design job that I wanted, but after 4 grinding years in that position, my whole projected life direction changed.
The Quarter-Life Crisis
In March 2017, things ended abruptly at my graphic design job, and I lost the security of my 9-5 job without any plan in place. I was not feeling near optimal with my health because I had put all of my own needs on the back burner in my life (mental burnout). I was so focused on achieving and trying to prove myself and build the “American Dream” life I envisioned earlier in my life, only to have the energy siphoned out of me trying to over-strive.
So a month or so later, I hopped on a plane for my first time ever, and flew out to California to meet one of my best friends for a 5-day expedition of driving, camping, and resting. Jobless through that summer though, I eventually ran out of funds and had to move back home early August of that year. I also ended up losing one of my grandparents for the first time on that same weekend…so it was quite the trying time to say the least.
The Reset Button (act 1)
By the end of August, I decided to take the leap into freelance graphic designing. I started working in a whole new way (compared to the 9-5 I was used to), and was definitely learning a lot about entrepreneurship, business ownership, and the world of online business. It was not something I ever truly envisioned embarking on, but it is something I’m glad I fell into. Despite the initial successes, I wasn’t making enough to get out on my own again, and even though my business “bread and butter” was graphic design, I was spending a lot of time focusing on spiritual studies (which is where I carried a lot of passion).
Because of parts of the healing journey I mentioned previously and some of the spiritual experiences I was having, my mind was really being opened up and seeing the world with a whole new set of eyes. And I started trying to direct my business ship in the direction of eventually wanting to teach the things I was learning in the spiritual and psychological realm, so I wasn’t exactly focused on growing the design side of things.
The False Light Ideology
I don’t remember not believing in some sort of higher power. I remember growing up in a relatively Christian household, but I don’t consciously remember truly grasping what that meant at a young age. After my initial “awakening” experience in and around 2010, I absolutely knew that we were more than just our physical bodies. I started to feel like I was being guided by something…or that if I prayed or asked questions to “God” or “the universe” that I would sometimes get answers outside of myself. And I believe to some level, that is true; I believe God can guide us in mysterious ways. However, when you don’t exactly know what you’re praying to, you don’t necessarily know who is answering.
My spiritual hunger and search for healing and identity basically led me down a track of “new age spirituality”, where ideologies from all sorts of religious backgrounds and philosophies converge. It’s essentially a pick-and-choose smorgasbord to build a spiritual/personal philosophical foundation or moral compass from. I found myself most interested in where psychology intertwined with the metaphysical, as well as the concepts or practices of astrology, numerology, Law of Attraction, tarot, new age manifestation, yoga, and Christ consciousness/ascension-based spiritual teachings.
There are a lot of truths about life that can be found in those spaces. Unfortunately though, essential truth that permeates everything has to have a foundation in which it comes from. And though I don’t disagree that there are eons of things to discover and understand, there is too much evidence that we come from something, somewhere.
After years of seemingly starting to get a grasp of what I was learning and starting to apply it to my life, which turned out to be a mix of Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu concepts infused into one, I began to infuse this into my business directions where I was just getting started in wanting to teach everyone these “truths.”
But then I found Jesus Christ.
The Jesus Moment
After coming across a few “new age to Jesus” testimonies on YouTube on a cold February evening in 2022, I felt like my mind hit a brick wall, got shaken up, and shorted out all at the same time that night. For almost a week straight, I dove head first into trying to understand how Jesus and the Bible could’ve been the truth I was searching for…comparing and contrasting all the concepts I had integrated into my life…asking myself and researching every question that popped in my head. Exhaustingly, about a week later I got to the point where I basically said…”God, if Jesus and the Bible is the truth, you’ve gotta show me.”
Not long after this, I was filled with this love in my heart that I had never felt before on this planet. A feeling of love, fulfillment, and peace that I knew in that moment nothing on earth had ever provided on that level, and nothing else ever could. It was a “baptizing in the Holy Spirit” moment…and then I knew the truth. It’s almost impossible to put into words what that experience is like. Not long after that, I found a Bible that had been on our shelf in our house for decades and started reading. I could feel God’s Word just permeating through me as I read.
The Reset Button (act 2)
Despite feeling on cloud nine for a few days, I was also “spiritually attacked” in multiple ways soon after my conversion. That’s a story for another day. But I also got hit with the reality of other parts of the Christian faith that I was not aware of at first. Repentance, learning what sin truly was, salvation, sanctification, etc….all these terms and concepts were new to me. The reality of my past sins laid me out like a semi-truck hitting a bug on the highway. I disassociated, fell into depression, and experienced some of the worst anxiety I had ever dealt with. Despite knowing the truth of Jesus, I felt so frozen. Mentally, 2022 was one of the hardest years of my life because it felt like everything was crumbling around me. My finances were wrecked at this time as well (still working my way back from that). But I guess in order to start the process of building a new life in Christ, you can’t build on a foundation made of anything else other than the rock that He is.
The Rebuild
As of this publishing in March 2025, it has been a rollercoaster of a ride to say the least. Building on a new foundation in Christ is difficult, confusing, and sometimes (ok, often) painful. There have been many ups and downs already in my first 3 years in Christ. So where am I at today?
After first converting, I was definitely on fire and wanted nothing more than to study the Word and who Jesus was. I got involved in church right away, and eventually landed at a home church I’m happy to be a part of and serve with when I can (shout out to Phos). I also got involved with serving at an international friends ministry known as Connect the Nations, doing sound work for the past year and a half or so at their events.
In the midst of that though, decision making has still proven difficult for me. Surrendering, applying what I’m learning, healing, and rebuilding has been painstaking at times for sure. But I know wherever it all goes, it will be worth it in the end.
My Mission
“To spread love, hope, truth, encouragement, and point others toward the way home, that is found in Jesus Christ.”
If you’re reading this, we’re all on this earth for a reason for however long we’re meant to be here. You and I have all been given different gifts and talents and life circumstances in order to bring about God’s purposes and reflect His glory. Though admittedly it can be difficult to discern, understand, and surrender to how all of that is supposed to play out individually for you and I, life is a journey to navigate. Discovery, growth, setbacks, and breakthroughs are all part of it.
I want to use my God-given talents to share content, resources, stories, creativity, and services for you in hopes that it can help you in your own journey of either coming to Christ, or getting to know Him better in relationship. To be honest, I’m still very much discovering where the next season of my life is fully leading. But I’m happy to have you here, and hope that you find something of value on this website either from a blog post, a resource, or service offering.
If you have made it this far on this page, I thank you for reading, and I hope that any part of my story has been a blessing or of encouragement to you!
God Bless,
Corey
