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>If this is too off-topic, it won't hurt my feelings if >it disappears lol > >There's a video clip and slideshow on the original >article page <a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/12451048/arti >cle-Former-pro-wrestler-shares-message-of-hope-and-rede >mption-with-Shorter-students-?instance=home_news_lead" >target=_new>here</a>. > > ><b>Former pro wrestler shares message of hope and >redemption with Shorter students </b> > >Lex Luger had it all — fame, fortune and loads of >money — but, he said, he built his wealth on the wrong >foundation, and it quickly came tumbling down. > >The former professional wrestler, born Lawrence >Wendell Pfohl, spoke to students at Shorter University >on Tuesday during their weekly chapel service. > >“Seated here before you, I am a living, breathing >miracle of the mercy of our father God,” Luger said. > >He said that before becoming a Christian in 2006, his >life was out of control, and he hurt his family and >friends through the many destructive decisions he >made. > >“My whole life became a compromise,” he said. “I was >completely broken.” > >Years of traveling on wrestling tours had taken a toll >on his family and he was living a double life. > >“I was two different people. One man on the road and >another at home with my family,” he said. > >Then, Luger hit rock bottom when he was arrested on 13 >felony counts of drug possession. > >“This whole pathetic life I had built up upon the sand >came down,” he said. > >Five years ago, after years of legal trouble, Luger >ended up at a Cobb County jail. > >“I don’t know how many times I deserved to be, or >should have been, another dead wrestler,” Luger said. > >That was before he met Steve Baskin, a jail chaplain >who gave Luger a Bible and shared with him a >life-saving message of hope. > >“I had made so many bad decisions and hurt so many >people that I thought if there was a God he wouldn’t >let me in heaven,” he said. > >Luger, who lives in Atlanta, now tours the country >speaking to people about his life. > >He credits his faith with getting him through some >tough spots, like a spinal injury in 2007 that left >him paralyzed from the neck down. > >“They told me I had a zero to 5-percent chance of >walking,” he said after he strode on stage Tuesday >without assistance. “They didn’t consult the master >physician.”
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