Angels in disguise

Writer/publisher's note

December 29th, 2017. On that day, was the time I met one of my guy friends on the internet.

At first, I thought he wasn't a Christian until the day after my dad found out about him. I thought that because he told me that he just doesn't wanna show off that side to non-religious people except to those who he knows are Christ followers. I don't wanna tell you how my dad found out about him, so I'm just gonna keep that as a secret and tell you my story of being a Christ follower.

It all started off with my great grandparents, who come from my dad's side. Then it kept going on and on with my mom, who was originally Catholic, and now had become a Christian because of my dad.

And then it went on to my older brother and I, who's kind of losing a little of his faith as a Christ follower, but is in the worship team at our Church which I guess you could consider "cool."

I, Janay Regehr, as a Christ follower, had taken all the inspiration from a girl that lived just for 22 years even though the life she lived was amazing. And I love the way she didn't have shame in telling people that she was a Christian.

When I was in public school, I was bullied. Then when I transfered to an Elementary school, it was almost as worse as the school I went to before that one. But I left those two schools for everyone teasing me, picking on me, and also because one of my teachers were just being too tough on me.

I would've found out about this special girl who inspired me to be a Christ follower before I went to those schools I used to go to. Unfortunately, I never even got the chance to meet her in person, but I wish I did.

Some of the details that describe her personality seem to be similar to mine.
She did a lot of amazing things to inspire other people and that was her actual goal in her career.

Although she was an emo, she never had any fear of letting people know that she was a Christian. Even if people were coming at her sending hate comments on her posts and everything. She had so much courage and purity in her heart. She didn't even curse out in front of anyone. She was such an innocent person and she never did anything she knew what was totally wrong. She never even listened to what the haters were saying about her. So she stood her ground every single time.

And that was a way of telling that she always knew how to represent God whenever she got bullied.

When she was only 22 years old, she was gone. She died on June 10th, 2016, due to gunshot wounds. She was opening up for a concert called "Before you exit" and it happened in Orlando. She got murdered in the heart from her back by a criminal who killed her out of jealously. Her brother had a fight with that criminal until he shot himself in the head after he did the same to her. Then she was rushed straight to the nearest Hospital and was pronounced dead after two hours.

But the legacy she left behind for me and everyone else— That's not gonna stop unless we start to forget about her. But I know I wouldn't. The best things I will always remember about her is her amazing quotes, who she really was to me as a person, her funny sense of humour, how great her talent was, the way she treated people, and most importantly, the way she showed off her side of being a Christ follower.

Her name is Christina Grimmie and she's the main reason I accepted God into my heart.

And my internet friend? The thing is, honestly, is that just that he doesn't wanna show off that Christian side of his because he's an emo. But I was very surprised when he told me his story behind being a Christ follower. Of course, it was great knowing that. It was no wonder he's been a good person to every individual one that follows him. Especially me. He doesn't wanna say that he's a religious person and say it to other people, but he only intends to show off the good that he has.

But me? I only wanna show off both of those sides. Believe me, him and I have countless things in common. I don't have any shame in telling people that I'm a Christ follower publicly, even if they look at me like I'm an emo or a goth.

I always try to act like I'm innocent, even when I'm mad.
Every time my mom blames me for something wrong that I've done thinking that it's against God, she says "God will punish you." But for those who keep getting blamed and is always getting bad opinions like that being said, let me tell you, that's not the truth. Just know that I didn't accept God into my heart for nothing. I did that so that I can let him forgive me for every little thing that I've done. I did that for many good reasons and that's not the only one.

Also, please be sure to tell me what you think about this book after reading each chapter. Thank you!
~Janay