Everything I ever wanted in life I found in Jesus (Part 1)

A few years ago the cynic in me would have cringed at that statement, like, "how can you say he's EVERYTHING? Surely you can't mean that." But I've come to realize that it was unbelief that kept me from realizing that. I just didn't believe all those wonderful things the Bible said he is and would be. or I was just ignorant to what the Bible said and promised to me.
I've learned that he is everything the Bible promises and more than I could have ever imagined. Everything I searched for before has become irrelevant to me. I used to think I'd be fulfilled with a girl, with popularity, with acceptance from others, but it was just a black hole. It really is true, only our creator can fill that void. Again, the cynic would have brushed that off or said, "yeah, yeah, I've heard that before", but the cynic is now dead. I've come to see reality for what it is and I can't wait to go to heaven and be with Jesus! Take that, cynic! I know the old Matt couldn't stomach a statement like that, but why not? It's because he didn't believe. I assumed it couldn't be real, which was a really baseless assumption. I believed that God is real, but he couldn't do all those other things like raise the dead, suspend and supersede the laws of nature, and change my personality and my ingrained habits. But that doesn't make any sense! Which is the greater challenge? Is there anything he can't do?
Praise be to Jesus forever and ever, thank you for rescuing me from ignorance and hopelessness and giving me your joy! And let's not forget salvation from hell! Again, the old cynic wouldn't have liked that, but now I can say it with confidence! Thank you for saving me from eternal torment in hell!! Serious, guys!! This is real for everyone! In order to be perfect and just he must punish evil, which is you and me!...
But thank God he doesn't want that to happen to anyone which is why forgiveness is available to all who accept it. John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

(I love how the old cynic Matt cringes at open proclamation of the Gospel, as if it's not real or something. As if people don't need to hear this. I love how I've changed.)