When I got home from school, I went to my room and grabbed my phone to see if I had missed any calls or texts. 0 messages, 0 calls. My life is sad. I went downstairs and sat on the couch with the TV remote in my hand. I turned the TV on and flipped through the channels until I saw the Gospel music channel come on, the one mom always watched.

"I'm not a Christian, why am I watching this?" I said to myself. I urged myself to change the channel, but I couldn't, until I heard a knock on the door. I turned the TV off and looked through the peephole. It was Cameron. I opened the door.

"Hey, Cameron, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Hello, Jennette! I've decided to tell you now." he replied.

"Tell me what, exactly?" I was confused, until I remembered he said he was going to tell me something on Saturday, "oh, yeah, never mind."

Cameron laughed.

"Jennette, I'm blind." he said. Blind? Cameron is blind?

"You're joking, right? You're not really blind, right?" I said.

"No, I'm not joking. I'm serious." he replied. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Cameron couldn't be blind, I couldn't date someone who was blind.

"I'm sorry, Cameron, but I can't see you if you're blind. I just, I just can't." I hesitated.

"Why? I was blind since I was eight years old. You never noticed I was blind until I told you." Cameron replied.
"I have a question." I said.

"Yes?" Cameron gave me permission to ask.

"Why are you a Christian if God made you blind? Why do you trust someone who put you through that?" I asked.

"You've got it all wrong, Jennette. Jesus loves me, and you. Sure, He hasn't healed me yet, but that doesn't mean He won't. I think of being blind as a blessing from God. I can't see anything, so I recognize the small things and appreciate everything. I feel like God took my sight away so I would know He's real. When I was a child, my mother and father told me about Jesus. I couldn't see Him, so I didn't believe He was real. At eight years old, I became blind. I was so scared, I didn't know why everything was dark. My parents knew I was going to become blind, because I was having problems with my eyes, and the doctor never said why, only to my parents, when I wasn't in the room to hear him. I blamed God for so long, and I felt such hatred towards Him. I have never seen God, not even when I had my sight. One day, I became blind. Five years after I became blind, I still wasn't healed. I couldn't see anyone, not my parents, not my friends, no one, but I knew they were there. That's how it is with God, we can't see Him, but we have to believe He is there. I have never seen you, but I know you're there, standing in front of me, listening to me. And I know God sees me and hears me. Do you understand what I mean?" Cameron replied. When he was done, I started crying. I couldn't help it. I couldn't stop it. The tears kept coming, harder than before.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Please, help me." I said and hugged Cameron.

"With what?" he replied.

"I want to be a Christian, I want to know Jesus. I want to have Salvation. I just, I don't know how." I grabbed Cameron's hand and lead him to my living room. We sat on the couch.

"You have to believe Jesus died on the Cross for you. You have to ask Jesus to come into your heart, and to forgive you for everything you have done that was not in His Will. You have to accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior. Close your eyes, and pray, not to me, but in your mind, to yourself." Cameron told me. I bowed my head. Tears were streaming down my face.

Dear Jesus,
I now realize I need You in my life.
I have this ache in my heart that won't go away,
I can't find anything that satisfies it.
You are the only One that can fill it. I believe
You sent your Son in my place to die and rise again so
I can spend Eternity with You. I accept with Great Thanks
Your Gift of Forgiveness. Please come into my life, and help
Me begin a New Relationship with You. Thank You, for sending
Cameron to me. I know You put him in my life so You can mend
My broken heart, and make me whole. I love You, and no matter
What happens, I will serve You.
In Jesus' Great Name I pray this, Amen.

And that's when my whole world was flipped around, and I started walking in another direction.