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!HALALUYah!
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Greetings in the Matchless
Name of YahShua !!
GREAT testimony ... appreciated it very
much.
I could go on and on with similar
testimonies.
THANX for sharing this one here.
Ahava b' YahShua
(Love in The
SAVIOUR)
Baruch YHVH,
Bro.
Chris Barr
a servant
of YHVH
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From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 06/15/2003 5:35 PM
Subject: [TruthTalk] Testimony
Time
> preaching too much. It is evidence that the plowing and sowing ministry
> bears fruit in due time.
>
> Peace be with you.
> David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.
>
> -----------------
> The following was posted by Jeremy on June 15, 2003 at 00:14:30
> on The Campus Ministry USA BB, www.brojed.org.
> -----------------
>
> "Young Man, I see that you have your hat on backwards...."
>
> I was, of course, a bit surprised that Jed was actually
> adressing me personally. After all, I had taken every
> opportunity that Spring, and previous Springs, to skip
> class and listen to Jed preach on OSU's legendary Oval.
> Many days, I was quiet, taking the crowd and Jed in as a
> source of amusement, but I was in a fairly ornery mood
> that day and had been heckling Jed pretty mercilessly.
> It was the end of Jed's afternoon, but I knew when he
> approached me that he had been waiting for the right
> moment to humble me.
>
> So there I was, with my fraternity hat worn backwards,
> hair hanging halfway down my back and my ever-present
> Metallica T-Shirt on and pack of cigarettes at my side.
> I stopped and thought for a moment...where was Jed going
> with this and how should I react in front of this crowd
> of 100 or so?.....
>
> "Well, yeah Jed I suppose it is", I quipped.
>
> Jed nodded. "I ask, because the normal purpose of the
> bill of a hat is to extend over our foreheads, to shield
> our eyes from sunlight..."
>
> "Uhhhhh. Sure, Jed, okay".
>
> Jed grinned. "Son, then perhaps the fact that you're
> wearing your hat backwards means that your head is not
> on straight."
>
> And with that, Jed walked away, leaving me dumbfounded.
> Not because he'd won that battle of wits, but because I
> knew that he was right. I'd had a good strong Christian
> upbringing, if not necessarily a Fundamentalist one.
> I knew the Word of God, and I knew that I was eyes deep
> in every sin from fornication to drunkenness and drug use
> to idolatry and occultism. And, I knew full well that I
> was headed for the pit.
>
> I was lost. And, I was stubborn. And so, Jed's admonition
> was pushed to the back of my mind along with everything
> I knew was right and holy. But, it was never forgotten.
>
> I continued with my education, and with my sin, finishing
> with a BA in U.S. History and going on to a career in
> networking. I was successful in the worldly sense, but
> always inebriated, empty and lost inside. But of course,
> being stubborn, I would find fulfillment my own way.
>
> It was not until I married and had a son that the bubble burst.
> I had what I had always wanted; a good career, a good wife,
> a wonderful child. But I could not for a moment escape trouble,
> whether in my professional life, my marriage, or my role as a
> husband and a father.
>
> It took my wife and son separating from me for several
> weeks last winter until I understood. Despondent, and
> harboring suicidal thoughts, I thought back through my
> life and remembered, for some reason, that day on the
> Oval and Jed's remarks to me. I picked my old dusty King
> James up for the first time in nearly ten years and read
> through the Gospel of John. And, thinking back over my
> entire adult life thus far, I realized that everything
> wrong with my life was indeed a result of my stubbornness,
> my arrogance, and most of all a direct consequence of my
> SIN and of turning my back on the Almighty and trying
> to do things my way. I understood then and there that
> there was absolutely no chance of my being a good husband
> or father without God. As Jed would have said, it was
> time for me to Turn Or Burn.
>
> I prayed to God then and there, and told Him that I knew
> I had no right at all to expect His forgiveness after all
> that I had done, but that if he would just allow me another
> chance, I would never, EVER, fail Him again. And, there in
> my living room alone at 4am that night, I felt that weight
> lifted from my chest, and I felt what I knew was God's
> forgiveness and love once again. I had been to the dark side.
> I will never be there again.
>
> My wife and I reconciled shortly after, and though she
> had no Christian background to speak of, she is willing
> to take that walk with me, and for that I thank the Lord.
>
> I'm writing all this to you, Jed, because whether or not
> you remember our exchange that day in 1995, I wanted you
> to know that you planted a seed in me that day, and that
> it did take root eventually. I apologize to you for the
> times I made your job more difficult, and I thank you
> from the bottom of my heart for caring enough about some
> long-haired, cigarette-sucking sinner to admonish me.
>
> During my childhood, I never had one portion of Scripture
> that stood out as my favorite over any other. But today,
> I think it would have to be the parable of the Prodigal Son.
> Because over the past 30 years of my life, I've quite
> literally been living that parable.
>
> And, I'm not quite home yet, but I'm on my way. I thank
> God every day for not counting me out, and I thank you
> Pastor Jed for pointing the way. I have the Bible here
> as a light to my path, but I've got a lot of lost ground
> to recover. And, any further light you could shed to help
> me on my way, I thank the Lord for.
>
> God bless,
>
> -Jeremy
> Columbus, OH
>
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