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In my life, God broke me down (began the disassembly) through my unfaithfulness to and separation from my family so that He could begin the rebuild project in me. He redirected my attention from what I thought I could do on my own to what only He could do for me. God stripped me of my self-righteousness and pride and humbled me so that I could understand and freely accept His gi of new life that one can only experience through His grace and the gi of eternal life through Jesus Christ. God restored my marriage and family, and amazingly developed a heart in me for bikers and others who had made poor decisions in their life. I was now the leather-clad biker walking through the church doors with a love for Jesus and a desire to share that love with the lost. But the story doesn't end there. Toward the end of the counseling sessions we had attended before moving back in with my family, David our counselor suggested that I get involved in ministry. Since part of my downfall was self-righteousness and religiosity, I didn't want anything to do with churches that I thought were full of "hypocrites" just like me. But what I didn't expect is that God was about to use my newfound love of motorcycles and the biker world as a new ministry for me. Within two weeks of receiving the ministry advice from David, three different times I encountered members of "Black Sheep Harley-Davidsons for Christ" M/M. God revealed to me that this was the ministry where He wanted me to be. Just over seven years ago, I joined BSHDFC and since that time, my wife has also joined the ministry where we actively share the good news of God's grace in a subculture I never would have imagined entering many years ago. If you don't know the Master's Plan for you, humbly and earnestly seek Him, be prepared for some personal disassembly, and He will reveal His plan for your life. Today, I use YEEHOG to initiate conversations with those curious enough to ask about the "Master's Plan." GraceRiderMag.com July/August 2015 33