Words can change one's heart. A new heart can move one to change the world. Hi, my name is Ernie Smartt. Sixty plus years of hanging around people on this earth has carved images into my heart that will one day be planted on the pages of life-changing books. As a lifetime youth worker, given to the leadership of God, this little old man is ready to paint for the world a whole new chapter on love and hope.

With God's help, the events that these feet have walked through over the years will one day blossom into inspirational beauty that will attract and hold the minds and hearts many readers, motivating them to reach out to others with grace and hope, and helping hands.

Each chapter of my life has something in it that God has placed there. The good and the bad have been molded together in such a way that only good can come from them. This is God's promise as it is clearly written in Romans 8:28, "For we know that God works all things together for good to those who love God and are the called according to His purpose."

So, as a Husband, Father, Grandfather, educator, and prayerfully a molder of dreams, I dedicate this writing effort on Helium to all who have been and will be touched by His work in this little old man.

My passion is ...

Teaching: First teaching the Word of God, and then teaching to motivate young people, and people of all ages.

I know too much about ...

one of my former coworkers.

My parents always told me ...

"You are to young to drink coffee."

My childhood ambition ...

To be a hero to my peers.

My favorite memory ...

The day I carried the Olympic Torch.

Why I write ...

I believe God has gifted me with something to say, and a way to say it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Mostly reading the Bible, Watching family movies, and listening to Southern Gospel Music.

My first job ...

Sacking groceries as Safeway, near Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963.

My best moment ...

Too many to tell.

My inspiration ...

My relationship with God is my inspiration.

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God's appiontment book is written. God has awesome events planned just for us personally.Little did I know as a nine year old in that old Methodist church, that my life was about to be radically changed. As the congregation was singing a Hymn, I could somehow tell that God was drawing me closer to Him. In a way that only God can speak, I heard Him say, "I have something for you to do, will you come with me?" At that point in my life I had already experienced God's presence on a regular basis, and I was ready to follow Him. It is at that point when I gave my life to Him. In that moment I sai...

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