I received a letter today, it is from a friend that I help
lead astray. This friend followed me through the occult life that I was living
and clung to my teachings more than I’d care. He finds himself accepting a plea
for 16 to 21 years for multiple bank robberies. I have been working with him to
help him find faith in the God that I know and love, but now, what do you say
to him?
This man is someone that trusted me and followed me into
hell. His morals ripped apart, just as mine were. His life torn asunder, just
like mine were. This situation broke him down and brought him a little lower
into hell, and justly so. As he sits and states, “God has abandoned us all,
wait what God? There is No God.” I cannot help to feel sorrow in my heart for
him.
I know that he committed these crimes, and he does not deny
them. What is hurting him so, is how long he will be going to a Department of
Correction facility and the fact that his “partner in crime” is getting 10
years probation and he is getting 16 years in prison. So what do you say to
someone whose faith has never been built, and what ground you have helped him
make is torn asunder?
God is just and he knows what he is doing. One of the
greatest contributors of the New Testament spent the last years of his life in
Prison as well, but he had faith going in and through that. I know that there
are many people that have found faith in prison and many go on to write books
and lead prison ministries. So what about him now, is his path to be locked in
to go down this road? Or can he overcome this lack of faith at all? How do you
help someone that is in this situation?
I plan to be there for him and support him and continue to
be his friend. I will continue to witness to him through my acts of faith. Life
is hard enough without falling into these pitfalls. When the devil whispers in
your ear to do this or that, and you listen… suffering occurs. I know this, I
have lived through this. When you do not turn from Satan and pull to Christ, I
understand that the suffering continues. What now? What happens when the
suffering continues when you are pull to the Lord? How does faith prosper like
that?
We have many lessons in the bible speaking of enduring
through suffering to build stronger faith. We also have many lessons speaking
of the fact that God will wrestle with you until you surrender to him. Those
who do not surrender will suffer. What do you say though to the suffering man
that will not surrender? How do you impact that person’s life? How can you show
someone clinging to the darkness how good the light is? That is my prayer right
now, how can I and everyone else show these people the light of the Lord?
May you all have Mercy, Peace and Love in Abundance.
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