I want to share something personal with everyone so maybe you can understand some of my decisions going places such as the Noah movie or even a pool hall. In 1997 i was in a bad state of mind, drinking like a drunk and living wreckless because of things that had taken place in life i couldnt deal with. I was at the bar 7 nights a week to the point my kidneys were shutting down and i was getting fluids removed from my body to relieve the pain at the hospital and then would leave and drink again. I had been taught growing up God was a vengeful God not a loving God and never felt i would ever be worthy. i was taught so many stipulations to be saved and get to Heaven that i already felt defeated and hell bound. I was afraid to go to Church because i didnt know the truth and figured my worth was nothing. One night headed to the bar 2 little girls stopped me at my moms door with a tract that said if you died today are you 100% sure you would go to Heaven? they were young and i was impressed at their efforts but smiled and said thank you i have to go. Well once at my safe sinners place where no chance of anyone trying to save me at the bar i walked to the pool table and put my quarters down. This big burly guy had won every game and everyone was saying hes good dont play him. Well i didnt care so i watched him play a few games and noticed he was wearing a bracelet it stood out like a sore thumb but i couldnt read it or tell what it was but didnt seem to fit his look lol. Finally it was my turn he didnt say a word to me just stood there as we shot turn by turn, finally curiosity got the best of me and i said i have to ask about your bracelet what does it say. He stood up didnt take his shot walked over to me grabbed my wrist and pulled it off his and put it on mine and said it was a Blessing to me now its a Blessing to you before you take another drink think what would Jesus do! put his stick down and walked out. I was shaken up and confused so much that i went to my truck and set there 15 minutes or so trying to make sense of it. I looked down and there was the tract the little girls gave me so i read it and cried and went home. That night i realized God wanted me and and i was worthy, a man a stranger came into the place of sinners to show me my worth and if he hadent who knows what or where my life would be. Let me tell you i couldnt wait to get saved and baptized my poor preacher laughed because i told him no i need saved tonight you gotta come help me i might die and i wanna go to heaven and he came right away to my house and led me in Prayer . I started reading my Bible daily asking God to open it up to me so i could understand and He did it was like everything i read was for me and i understood his love for me. Im far from perfect but He who says he is without sin is a liar and the truth (Jesus) is not in him. I got baptized and yes ive fallen and made mistakes but i wont let it stop me from dusting off and getting back where he wants me to be. So what im saying is dont avoid the unsaved you may be the one to lead them where nobody else cared to try.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 02:44:22 +0000
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