It is truely amazing hwo God works.  I lvoe it.
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I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is

IN GOD WE TRUST
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From: MV <[log in to unmask]>

> What. You are a glutton for babble punishment? lol. Well in short, it was I
> think in May of 1996. My wife and I were this far *pinching fingers within
> a hair's width away*, from calling it quits. As a CEO Christian, Christmas
> and Easter Only *smile*, not born again, not ever having looked at God as
> anything other than a lightening bolt bully which had no real purpose in
> daily life but rather a point of focus in church I ought to attend to be a
> good guy, which was filled with a bunch of hypocritical fakes, I remember
> half way down my steps to my office in the basement my will broke and I
> stopped and began praying to God saying "God? I'm tired of fighting for
> this marriage. I just simply cannot and will not do it anymore. So
> please, either give me the strength to just tell her and let me go my own
> way, or the strength to get this thing back where it belongs. Either way I
> can't stay as it is anymore." Soon after that we had another blow out, you
> know, one of those normal garden variety fist clenching, rage building
> refrigerator punching disagreements? lol. She then packed up her bags and
> was headed for a hotel. Evidently God had a different plan because as he'd
> have it, there wasn't a room in this town or the nearest one either. Not a
> one room. She came back and said basically she felt it was a sign we ought
> try to work things out, give it another go, a real try this time. Of course
> with all the damage that had been caused in words to each other and etc.
> we both knew it wasn't just going to be come out from the corners and shake
> hands. We decided to go to church that Sunday, so riding around Sunday
> morning going "Eenie meenie, mie-nee mo" we happened along a Methodist
> Church, only due to the fact that we were running out of time and if we
> kept riding much longer, we'd have missed every service in town. Wouldn't
> you know the preacher there was talking about marriage? Funny isn't it?
> Well. The next week or so we attended a church a friend of my wife
> attended. In fact this woman was part of the ministry there. Her and her
> husband were children's ministers, who later started their own church in
> which I helped with praise and worship, and who are the same couple that
> unfortunately divorced after various issues. That is a sad story but
> anyway. So we attended this church. This was a tongue talking Holy Spirit
> walking jump in the isles when you sing kind of church. Wow! I thought
> hmmm. That kind of church was not unfamiliar to me as my wife and her
> family attended a similar one in Marinette years back and I'd attend just
> so I'd get an extra day with my sweetie as it didn't count against the
> three she was limited to spending with me per week then. lol. Shifty
> character eh? Anyway at this church there was due to be a drama ministry
> called... hmmm. what was it called? lol. Stopping to think here, grab a
> coffee and I'll have it when you return. Hmmm. The same drama wrapped under
> a different name the year before was "Glory In The Fire", they change the
> name every year and I keep thinking it was something like Scared Straight
> lol. Although that was a movie about drugs when I was in school years
> back, the idea was the same. OK. I admit I had to ask my daughter the name,
> the drama was called "Final Destiny". Basically had several drama scenes
> depicting varying real life situations from a garden variety mom who didn't
> accept Christ to a drug deal gone bad with teens, to born again Christians
> who were called home in an auto accident or something. Basically showing if
> you aren't right with God? You is BBQ and if you are? You is alright. It
> was done exquisitely. At the end they of course have an alter call. I've
> been to churches who had alter calls before then and I've never had a
> problem standing there with both feet flat to the floor and dry palms. This
> time? This time was different. When they had the alter call, and I knew one
> was likely to be coming, I felt convicted, I felt torn inside. As I stood
> there people moved to the front, and I had no concern for anything else
> going on around me. I heard the man say something to the affect of... "I
> know God is tugging at a few of you who are suppose to be up here but you
> are standing there with sweaty palms". My God! I felt he was talking
> directly to me, I believe my wife was to my left and two kids to the right.
> I did not grab my wife's hand to come up with me, I just began walking out
> to the right, my wife followed and so did my two kids and the lot of us
> gave our lives to Christ right then. Well my wife rededicated her life as
> in high school she attended a teen event and accepted Christ. But myself
> and both my kids accepted Christ at that time and our lives began to change
> big time. We still had some struggles but there was an underlying peace and
> sureness and we all began to grow. So that's about the size of it.
>
> Brad