God wasn't lost. I was.
He'd been knocking for years ? I just kept letting everyone else in except Him.

I was the man who smiled on the outside but bled on the inside.
Addicted. Ashamed. Drowning in bottles, broken relationships, and guilt.
I didn't think I could be forgiven?until grace found me in the wilderness.

Rags to Christ is my real story.
It's raw, honest, and unpolished ? told through testimony and spoken word.
It's not just a book. It's the pages of my life, laid bare to prove that Jesus still saves, still heals, and still calls the broken.

This is for the one who thinks they've messed up too much.
The one still hiding.
The one asking if it's too late.

It's not.

If you've ever wondered:

"Can I come back from this?"

"Does God still want me?"

"Is there purpose after everything I've done?"

This book is for you.

The road was broken. But the grace wasn't.

Once upon a time... I was

But God.

Rags to Christ: The Richard Brown Story

Seen by many. Lived by one.

My name is.. Richard, I'm originally from Kingston, Jamaica.

I am a manager for a local credit union. I'm married to my beautiful wife, Christina. We've got a wild, beautiful, large blended family. But don't let that fool you, my past ain't clean. I am Isaiah 64:6

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags."

My story isn't one moment; it's a collection. A tangled, torn-up journey of failed attempts at saving myself. Of trying to be "good enough." Of slipping, stumbling, and sprinting away from truth. It's a story of depression. Anxiety. Alcohol abuse. Premarital sex. Children out of wedlock. Just torn between knowing better... and doing worse.

And honestly? I thought my story was too pathetic to matter.
I told myself: Be thankful. Start doing the right thing. Be quiet. Stay in your lane." Because I thought I was just another cliché.

But God...