My name is Tony Park and I am the founder of Henko AutoLab.
I'll start with a little bit of my up bringing. As a child, my mother took me and my siblings to church faithfully. So I've always known about Jesus and said the prayer asking Jesus into my heart and confessing my belief in Him and his resurrection. I believe I've been saved since a young kid but as I grew into my teenage years and eventually moved in with my dad, I started to rebel like most kids especially in lower income schools/towns. I got into smoking weed, drinking, doing adderall, experimenting with all sorts of things a 15yo shouldn't be doing. I started skipping school alot, having sex and chasing girls, getting into fights and eventually got expelled for a pretty serious fight that got me criminal charges. After just barely doing enough to graduate highschool a year late in summer school, I got married and joined the Army. I straighten up enough to not get in too much trouble in the military but life didn't get better there. I was constantly battling depression, fighting with my spouse all the time, partying and drinking excessively, got out of the Army and started smoking weed again. Doing everything I could to try and fill a void in my life but nothing was ever good enough.
Fast forward to 2021, I'm now divorced and messing with another girl that was very much against God and religion as a whole and I'm still cycling thru vices, just chasing a happiness that never felt real. All along God was tugging at my heart, reminding me that He was still there. I knew I wasn't living right but I always saw religion as a strict, non-fun, boring life that was only for old people or people that didn't do anything exciting with their lives. But deep down, something in me knew that was the missing key. I knew I needed Jesus.
Still battling these demons in my life, I continued making bad decisions. I got caught cheating and manipulating 2 girls I was leading to believe I loved them. As with any cheaters story goes, it eventually blew up in my face and it all ended with me violently lashing out on items all through my apartment. I'm now left alone with nothing but the misery I've brought upon myself once again. I was broken, tired of my crappy life and tired of always making the wrong decisions. I finally turned to God. I cried to Him and decided I was done trying to do things my way. I committed fully in my heart to Him and whatever his will is for me. I decided I didn't care what the world thought anymore. I didn't want anything the world had to offer. I wanted to fully step into whatever God would call me to and just follow Jesus for real, for the first time in my life. And that day, Febuary 2nd 2021, my life completely changed.
It was almost instantly that I felt God working in my heart like never before. I'd fallen in love with Him and was doing everything to learn more. Watching all types of sermons online, reading the bible and it actually making sense to me for the first time, reading devotionals and praying continuously. A few sermons online mentioned how improtant baptism was and not 2 weeks later, my new church just happened to be having their baptism sunday event coming up and I went and got baptized. I felt like the prodical son coming back to his father a total mess, yet he took me in like I'd been missing for years. (Luke 15:11-32) This feeling was all so new that I'd questioned if I was ever actually saved before. But later I learned, this was the baptism of the Holy Spirit. This was the next real step of following Jesus.
This is what it really feels like to go all in and truly give your life to Christ. And this is why I'm here telling this all to you today.
Brother I can't begin to put into words the difference I've experienced in my life. Jesus has given me such an unshakeable joy that I've never had before. Depression doesn't exist. Not even a little bit. I still fight with my fleshly desires and sins that have been in my life for many years but God is working me thru them. Not only that but using them to help me connect with people I likely wouldn't have without it. God uses even my weaknesses for His glory.
I know my life looks alot like many of yours. There's alot of details I've left out to try and keep it short but if we sat down and talked I'd bet you we've walked the same shoes in more areas than one. My friend, Jesus is real. There is nothing I'm more sure of in this world than that. There is sooo much to gain by following Jesus. And also so much to lose if you continue without Him. Don't let this life changing opportunity pass by again. Click the drop down below titled "How to accept Jesus" to learn how you can be saved and experience this unwavering love like I have too.
Tony Park
Henko AutoLab Founder/CEO
