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 Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:11 pm
JustinDraco January 1, 2006 my twin sister passed away. Needless to say I was devesated but never blamed God but knew there had to be a reason. So I began reading the scriptures and going over what death is and found that everyone has a time line on this earth, and her time was up. It doesn't matter if we jog every day or take vitamins, when our time is up it's up. So out of her death came out a new rise to follow Christ and really get into the word of God. To find out questions I have had for many years but too lazy or didn't know where to look. With her death has led me closer to God and having a relationship with him and get to the facts because we aren't promised time on earth and what do we do with our time on earth. What is our purpose on earth.... these were the questions I found answers to out of my sisters death. I know she is in Heaven! She has no more tears or pain and she is with God! And either my own natural death or rapture or whatever happens when I die, I too will go up to heaven and see her. I'm sorry to hear about your lost Justin, but Praise the Lord she is home in Heaven now, and not suffering anymore. I'm also glad to hear that instead of causing you to pull away from the Lord that it has brought you closer to him..PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:17 pm
MistyRose JustinDraco January 1, 2006 my twin sister passed away. Needless to say I was devesated but never blamed God but knew there had to be a reason. So I began reading the scriptures and going over what death is and found that everyone has a time line on this earth, and her time was up. It doesn't matter if we jog every day or take vitamins, when our time is up it's up. So out of her death came out a new rise to follow Christ and really get into the word of God. To find out questions I have had for many years but too lazy or didn't know where to look. With her death has led me closer to God and having a relationship with him and get to the facts because we aren't promised time on earth and what do we do with our time on earth. What is our purpose on earth.... these were the questions I found answers to out of my sisters death. I know she is in Heaven! She has no more tears or pain and she is with God! And either my own natural death or rapture or whatever happens when I die, I too will go up to heaven and see her. I'm sorry to hear about your lost Justin, but Praise the Lord she is home in Heaven now, and not suffering anymore. I'm also glad to hear that instead of causing you to pull away from the Lord that it has brought you closer to him..PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!! Out of ashes comes Beauty! God has mercy on my soul.
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JustinDraco Van Hellsing~
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:30 pm
Over this past summer i went to bible camp in eastern washington. This camp lasted a week and every morning our pastor would give all the campers an apportunity to got to the local town and help out at the homeless shelter, if we felt the calling from god to do so. As the week went on i felt like i didn't want to open my heart to this oppurtunity and so i ignored the pangs of guilt i felt everytime the chance was upon me to take action. However, one morning i realized that it was selfish of me to be acting this way and so i decided to go to the homeless shelter. I went with a heavy heart and not knowing quite what to expect.
When we arrived, my group of fellow campers were sent to the kitchens and we cleaned it up for an hour or so. In finishing we were allowed to talk to some of the people gathered in the shelter. I saw one teen boy about 17 or so and i felt such a strong feeling for him that i had to go and talk to him, So i grabbed a few of my buddies and we went and sat next to him and we heard His life story.
His name was Patrick and this poor boy had the most messed up life you could ever imagine. His was the kind you though happened only in soap operas.Listening to his life storry was so horrible that even thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes. He grew up in California in the dangerous parts and witnessed multiple shootings throughout his childhood. He lived with his dad but his dad left him feeling unwanted. Patrick told us about how he had a couple kids and a girfriend but that his kids were with his mom back in california and he missed his kids so much. We asked him about his views on god and he nearly laughed out loud at the idea of such an odd concept of believing in something you can't see. We then asked if god was any different from love, love was something you couldn't see, but rather you feel it. God is love and so they really were the same thing. He wasn't convinced. He said that he used to believe in god when he was younger but that God never answered his prayers so he just gave up on god like god gave up on him.
As the day wore on we finally convinced Patrick of the beauty of god and his amazing love and he was finally willing to listen to us and agreed to give god another try. You may be wondering why i even wrote this story out. Thinking about this story and about Patrick makes me really see how lucky i actually have it. I am So blessed to have god in my life and i was so happy that i had impacted his life in some small way because seeing him in so much pain was truly breaking my heart and knowing that i could give him a chance to live again, knowing that i could brin hope to him again, knowing that i could show him the love he never received from his parents. Knowing this, made me really see what gods love is all about. He loves us so much that he would do anything to help us and for us to see his light. I finally understood this when i met Patrick. I sooo wanted Patrcik to believe in god and be free that i realized that what i was striving to place in Patrick's life, God had been striving to place in not only my life but EVERYBODY'S life. And i finally understood god's anguish and pain for every living being. I finally understood what it was like to love someone so much and to care so much that i was willing to do anything to let that person see the light.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:40 am
I thank God for delivering me from all the sin I have commited and for saving my brothers life. The things he has done are awsome.......he is still blessing our family and i know he is able heart
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JustinDraco Van Hellsing~
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:45 pm
Dessona Over this past summer i went to bible camp in eastern washington. This camp lasted a week and every morning our pastor would give all the campers an apportunity to got to the local town and help out at the homeless shelter, if we felt the calling from god to do so. As the week went on i felt like i didn't want to open my heart to this oppurtunity and so i ignored the pangs of guilt i felt everytime the chance was upon me to take action. However, one morning i realized that it was selfish of me to be acting this way and so i decided to go to the homeless shelter. I went with a heavy heart and not knowing quite what to expect.
When we arrived, my group of fellow campers were sent to the kitchens and we cleaned it up for an hour or so. In finishing we were allowed to talk to some of the people gathered in the shelter. I saw one teen boy about 17 or so and i felt such a strong feeling for him that i had to go and talk to him, So i grabbed a few of my buddies and we went and sat next to him and we heard His life story.
His name was Patrick and this poor boy had the most messed up life you could ever imagine. His was the kind you though happened only in soap operas.Listening to his life storry was so horrible that even thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes. He grew up in California in the dangerous parts and witnessed multiple shootings throughout his childhood. He lived with his dad but his dad left him feeling unwanted. Patrick told us about how he had a couple kids and a girfriend but that his kids were with his mom back in california and he missed his kids so much. We asked him about his views on god and he nearly laughed out loud at the idea of such an odd concept of believing in something you can't see. We then asked if god was any different from love, love was something you couldn't see, but rather you feel it. God is love and so they really were the same thing. He wasn't convinced. He said that he used to believe in god when he was younger but that God never answered his prayers so he just gave up on god like god gave up on him.
As the day wore on we finally convinced Patrick of the beauty of god and his amazing love and he was finally willing to listen to us and agreed to give god another try. You may be wondering why i even wrote this story out. Thinking about this story and about Patrick makes me really see how lucky i actually have it. I am So blessed to have god in my life and i was so happy that i had impacted his life in some small way because seeing him in so much pain was truly breaking my heart and knowing that i could give him a chance to live again, knowing that i could brin hope to him again, knowing that i could show him the love he never received from his parents. Knowing this, made me really see what gods love is all about. He loves us so much that he would do anything to help us and for us to see his light. I finally understood this when i met Patrick. I sooo wanted Patrcik to believe in god and be free that i realized that what i was striving to place in Patrick's life, God had been striving to place in not only my life but EVERYBODY'S life. And i finally understood god's anguish and pain for every living being. I finally understood what it was like to love someone so much and to care so much that i was willing to do anything to let that person see the light. That is a cool story. Even one person can change a life and you are a good example. God had you there to encourage him back to him, that's why he kept making you feel guilty for not going and when you finally said, ok... I will go you were used for the glory of God. That is how God works in our lives, nudging us and we can either obey or not. Thank God that you obeyed! Patrick I hope you got your life back!!!!
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:00 am
I thank God for my friends and everything he's done for them. I hope that I have planted a seed in their lives, and that they change their minds about God. I thank God for everything my friends have shown me and I pray that I've shown them just as much.
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