Phil,

That was excellent. Short, sweet, and to the point.

I'm praying for George and Vivian, and for you and Sandy.

I'm scared to die, and I'm really scared to have this Colonoscopy on Monday
morning.

My diet consists of clear liquid broth, and jello today.

Thanks.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson

At 11:31 AM 4/15/05, you wrote:
>I Tried To Die
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>                          By Phil Scovell
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>      I meant a man a year and a half ago.  He had taken is gun up
>into the hills near his home in Oklahoma one day to end his life.
>He was a born again Christian.  The depression and anxiety attacks
>just were no longer bearable.  As he sat and tried to generate
>enough courage to pull the trigger, he told the Lord that he just
>refused to believe that the God of the universe, the Creator of
>all things, didn't have an answer for what he was suffering.  He
>told the Lord he would try finding the answer one more time and
>went home.
>
>      sitting in front of his computer, he typed in a search
>command.  My website came up.  My phone rang soon there after.
>
>      George and I have been buddies now for the last 18 months.
>We have prayed together, laughed together, discussed the
>Scriptures together, and even cried together.  You see, his 23
>year old daughter was soon to die.  From 3 months of age, they
>were told that their daughter had cystic fibrosis.  She did well
>until she turned 20 years old.  Then, her relationship with the
>Lord began to spiritually decay and so did her physical body.
>
>      Last December first, she was transported once again to the
>hospital 110 miles from their home.  Her mother and father stayed
>with her every minute of the nearly next 6 months.  They watched
>her slowly die, struggling for breath, and did everything in their
>power, including believing and speaking life in the name of Jesus,
>in order to see her healed.  She died.
>
>      A couple of days before Jennifer's death, I was praying for
>her and her family.  I remember saying to the Lord at that time,
>"Lord, I am 53 years old.  Jennifer is only 23 years old.  I'll
>gladly exchange my 53 years for her 23 years.  Let her live,
>Father, and take my life in exchange for her's."
>
>      Then I heard his voice.  "You don't need to give your life
>for her's because I already have."
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>      Did this make her death any easier for me or especially for
>her parents?  Of course not.  It was truth, however, and truth
>sets us free according to John 8:32, and that is why Jennifer went
>to Heaven.  You see, Jesus does not need us to save anyone; He
>wants us to live to serve others.  Our responsibility is to live,
>that is, live in Him so He can live in us and in those whom have
>called upon His name to be born again.
>
>Phil C Sharp
>The Coil Of The snake
>A Free Online E-Novel
>www.SafePlaceFellowship.com