Every person who undertakes the task of writing a book, especially one that is nonfiction, does so with the hope of inspiring, educating, and motivating those who take the time to read it. Given how precious and valuable your time is however, I realized as I was writing this book, I wanted to maximize its impact by keeping it as simple as possible. For that reason, it is short, sweet, and to the point. I hope this book enlightens you to be able to do; plan and execute your life to accomplish what God intends for you to do. After countless conversations with teenagers, their parents, young adults, and various other people, I realized this generation needs some additional advice. The world is changing faster each day. New technology affects what we can and cannot do and it opens up new possibilities; the likes of which were not even science fiction 20 years ago. The truth however, even in the midst of it all, we have been given one life to live and a finite amount of time in a day to accomplish the things we desire. So, if you are going to be "successful" in life, needing to have a plan and a vision remain at the for-front of your life. My hope and prayer is that this book will serve as a key to the door that unlocks a world of disciplined living, which will in turn enable you to accomplish the dreams you have and making the best of your talent which will lead you on the paths of righteousness for His name sake.
About the Author: Born in 1985 to Michael and Vanessa Loyd, Justin grew up the middle child of five children. He was the only boy. After having bounced around during his early years because his father was in the US Army, his family finally settled in Conyers, GA in 1996. Justin's two cousins, which were boys, moved in with his family. While trying to settle in to this new life himself, the added stress of two more people forced Justin to experienced some growing pains. He graduated from Rockdale County High School in 2003; stayed close to home, and attending Bible college at Toccoa Falls Bible College where he graduate with a B.A in Pastoral Ministries. He got married and shortly after graduating, Justin and his new wife was separated, prompting him to move back to Conyers in the summer of 2008. That Fall, Justin made a decision to join the US Army. He was shipped off to basic training in September 2008. One year later he was shipped to Afghanistan. Now divorced and deployed, little did Justin know that even though he was in a foreign country with his unit from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he was about to meet his future wife on that deployment. On December 2010, Justin married his present wife, Yalonda Loyd. They had their first child, Caleb, a boy, in Feb of 2012, 17 days before he would deploy for a second time. After returning from overseas, the Army moved he and his family to Fort Carson, Colorado, where they stayed for several years. They had their child, this time a girl. Cailynn was born in Dec 2014. Again, Justin would deploy 2 months after her birth in 2015. Justin returned from his deployment to Kuwait and Egypt and in summer of 2016 come full circle with his life. Eight years after joining the Army, 13 years after leaving home for college, Justin received orders to return to his hometown of Conyers, Georgia an become a US Army recruiter. He returned to his family and the work of the ministry, The Fellowship of Jesus Christ Church where he currently works and resides.