Just Joe * JOE'S TESTIMONY * LORD, HELP ME TO HANG IN THERE. Praise_Jesus: Frst posted at JESUSONE.COM in 1998 went into 125 countres at the time HELLO TO ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT YET; I HAVE NOT THE TIME OR THE WORDS TO PUT DOWN A LIST OF ALL THAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME. I PRAISE GOD FOR SAVING MY SOUL IN 1963 AT THE AGE OF 12. SINCE THAT TIME, I BACK SLID IN A VERY BIG WAY IN 69 AFTER FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL AND GETTING MARRIED. UNTIL THAT TIME, I HAD BEEN IN CHURCH ALL MY LIFE, NOT REALIZEING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. MY WIFE WOULD NOT GO WITH ME, SO (BEING IGNORANT TO THE WORD OF GOD) I STOPPED GOING TOO. ALL THE WHILE GOD WAS WATCHING OVER ME AND MY FAMILY. I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN 70 AND BECAME A DAD IN 71, IGNORING THE BLESSINGS GOD WAS PROVIDEING ALL FOR US. I EVENTUALLY GOT BACK INTO THE WORLD DOING WORLDLY THINGS, DRINKING, PARTYING, STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT AND EVEN COMMITTING ADULTRY. GOD WAS STILL WATCHING OVER ME WHILE MAKING MY LIVEING DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK, FOR THE MOST PART,(AS A YOUNGER MAN I WAS A COWBOY) HE LET ME GO DO MY THING FOR SEVERAL YEARS [LIVE IN SIN FOR A SEASON]. IN THE YEAR OF 83, SATAN THOUGHT HE HAD MY SOUL, BUT I ALREADY BELONGED TO JESUS. ONE NIGHT GOD DECIDED I HAD GONE TOO FAR FOR TOO LONG. I WAS OUT DRINKING AND DRIVING AND HAD A DEVESTATING WRECK ON A DARK, LONELY, DESERTED ROAD ABOUT MIDNIGHT. I CAME TO MYSELF THE NEXT DAY IN THE HOSPITIAL NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED DUE TO A CONCUSSION. THE DOCTORS CAME IN AND TOLD ME THAT I HAD BROKEN MY NECK AND [IF I LIVED] I WOULD BE IN BED AND ON A BREATHING MACHINE FOR [HIS PROJECTED LIFE SPAN OF] 2YRS. PRAISE GOD THAT HE HAD OTHER THINGS IN MIND FOR ME. AFTER GOING THROUGH THE REHAB PROCESS [SUCH AS IT WAS], MY WIFE DIVORCED ME AND TOOK EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE LOVE OF MY KIDS AND FAMILY. I HAD NEVER DENIED GOD OR JESUS, I DID TURN AND WALK AWAY FROM HIM. OVER THE NEXT 2YRS, I CONTINUED DRINKING AND GOT REMARRIED TO THE WOMAN THAT WAS WITH ME THAT NIGHT [NOT MY WIFE], MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE AND WENT THROUGH MORE REHAB. GOD GAVE ME BACK SOME USE OF MY ARMS AND FEELING IN THIS BODY SO THAT I COULD USE AN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR. WITH HIS HELP AND THE REHAB, I REGAINED ENOUGH USE OF MY RIGHT ARM [WITH A SPECIAL BRACE] THAT I COULD FEED MYSELF, PICK UP THINGS AND WRITE. AFTER SEVERAL SUGERIES ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS BODY, I STARTED TO THE UNIVERSITY TO LEARN AND USE WHAT HE HAD GIVEN ME, PUSHING MYSELF TO DO MORE. DURING THIS TIME, HE SENT A SHEPHERD TO THIS SHEEP THAT HAD GONE ASTRAY. MY MIND WAS BACK ON GOD AND HIS BLESSINGS, MIRACLES AND AMAZING GRACE. THAT WAS TOO MUCH FOR MY SECOND WIFE, SHE DIVORCED ME. SINCE THAT TIME HE HAS TAUGHT ME AND BROUGHT ME THROUGH MANY MORE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. TOO NUMERIOUS TO MENTION. I AM NOW BACK IN HIS ARMS STUDYING HIS WORD DAILY, TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN CHURCH FUNCTIONS AS HE PERMITS, TRYING TO TEACH HIS WORD AND TELL OTHERS OF HIS LOVE BY SENDING HIS OWN SON TO TAKE THE SIN OF THE WORLD AND OFFER TO ALL ETERNAL LIFE. NOW IF YOU DO NOT KNOW JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR IN YOUR LIFE, TODAY IS THE DAY TO OPEN THE DOOR AND ASK HIM TO COME IN. TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. WE ARE NOT PROMISED A TOMORROW SO I BEG YOU TO DO IT NOW, THIS VERY SECOND. THERE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES, AMEN AND AMEN... MAY GOD BLESS... THERE IS SOO MUCH MORE...... LOVE IN THE LORD. First made into a page in 1998 @ *Limey's Tea Shoppe* by Pat, drop in for a visit. INDEX

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