Animal girl

May 18, 2008

Wow

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Wow. I was at my church today, in my youth group, and my youth pastor (Robbie) told us a little about his childhood first. I heard most of it before, but then he told us something I had not heard.
He was talking about how he was a P.K. (Pastor's Kid) growing up, and how he used to take God for granted, because he had just been told about God since he was born. His father was a new pastor at a church, and he told them that some of the things the people were doing were wrong. The people didn't like that, and they held a "meeting". But then, the church told the pastor that he could either retire, or they would fire him. He decided to retire.
    By now, Robbie (Remember, the youth pastor) was wondering whether God was really there. He had been taught that God was wonderful, merciful, all powerful,... and then his father had to stop teaching the church because the people didn't like him. The church didn't like Robbie either.
    Robbie's brother, Kevin, was his hero. Robbie wanted to be just like Kevin when he grew up. Kevin was a champion at lots of sports. He played many sports too. Robbie looked up to Kevin, and sometimes, he would be the annoying little brother that wanted to do Everything his brothers did.
    When Kevin was only 15, he kept feeling like he broke his leg when he fell down. The doctors kept saying that he had just sprained it, and it would be okay. It happened again, and the doctors said the same thing. Keven's parents were starting to wonder whether the doctors were right. They took him to a different doctor, and sure enough, the other doctors had been wrong. Kevin had a tumor in his leg, which was now to large to control.
    The doctors told Kevin that he could either have his leg amputated, or he could die. But Kevin was too devestated to make a choice. So he told his parents to make the choice for him. Of course, they had his leg amputated, instead of him dyeing. But now, he could not play any of the sports that he had played before. He couldn't even stand (which many of us take for granted) without crutches.
    Now, Robbie told us how he had told God, "I don't want you anymore. At first, I thought you were what my parents said you were. But now, I don't know if you are. I don't want anything to do with you, and I also don't want the pain that is in this world." Really, he thought that his parents hated him too.

    Ok, here is the part of the story that I had never heard before.

    Robbie was feeling so bad, and not wanting any more pain and suffering, that he went and got his Dad's gun, went in his room, and was ready to take his life. But somehow, God made him fall asleep. He had a dream, of him in his grave, and his mother, crying over him, desperately wanting Robbie back.
    When Robbie woke up, that simple picture of his mother crying about him, for him, changed his whole mindset. He is now a strong Christian, and he now knows that God is really there, and God really does love him.

When I heard Robbie tell us that, I just cried. It's amazing what God can do, if we let him.

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June 12, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by fiddlincat

Dear animal girl,
I'm fiddlincat. I read your blog and you sound just like me. I Love animals and I am a christian.Come and look @ my blog.
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