Lecrae has made his move. What's ours?

Lecrae Moore was raised by a single mother. He never met his father, who later became a drug addict. Lecrae didn't have an easy childhood, he had to move around a lot to different cities in the US. He experienced both abuse and neglect in his childhood. He was raised Christian but never felt like Christianity was his thing. Lecrae loved rap music and found people to look up to in the music videos. As a teen he was introduced to guns by his uncle and started looking up to gangsters. He started taking drugs at 16 and got into stealing things, fighting and more drugs. He eventually ended up on a gang list.


After getting arrested for drug possession Lecrae turned to alcohol instead and lived the party lifestyle. Lecrae has said that he was a thrill-seeker at this time in his life and would do crazy things like jumping of a third-story building. His mother saw his struggles in life and tried to encourage him to read the Bible. One day he took the Bible and ripped it into pieces and threw it on the floor to show that he didn't want this book. He said that he couldn't wrap his head around the things that were written in it and couldn't believe that it would be true. He started drinking and smoking even more and fill the emptiness inside with more women.


Lecrae eventually came to a point where he realized he needed help. The influence of his Grand mother in his life made him want to try going to church. In church he met a girl from his high school that invited him to attend a bible study. He said he was surprised that the people at the bible study were regular people just like him. They were into the same things as him, but their character was different. He said they were all really loving people and that's what drew him in. Lecrae eventually decided that he wanted to live his life for God. The change didn't happen over one night, he would still struggle with making bad decisions for a long time.


One day Lecrae was in a car accident on the highway. The car rolled over and although Lecrae hadn't been wearing his seat-belt he survived the accident without any injuries. The car accident motivated Lecrae to get serious about following Jesus. He started volunteering and would sometimes preform at a juvenile detention center. When Lecrae saw the impact his performances had on the young adults he decided he wanted to give hope and encouragement to people through his music. That't the story about how Lecrae became a Christian rapper. Today he is married and a father of three children. He helps people through his music and through his non-profit organization ReachLife Ministries.


We all have different life stories, things we went through that shaped us into who we are today. We also have different skills and unique gifts and opportunities. Each one of us has the opportunity to make a difference in this world somehow, it's only going to look a little different depending on who we are. God is waiting for us to make our move. :)