I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day or night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 KJV
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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I became VEERY DEPRESSED back in January, 1976 because (to
me at that time), deer hunting season was ENDING! Nobody in my
family was SO addicted (to gun or bowhunting) as I was!!
Back on 1/18/76, was the Super Bowl (# 10 LINK), which represents
"AN END" to football until the next season, "BUT", it was DOUBLE
WORSE (2X) for me because hunting season was ending!
Of course, I didn't realize "what?" was going on "inside" me! My
great grandmother had founded the Episcopal church in our small
town and we had gone to it since childhood, but "Christianity" was
a LOOONG way from my mind at that time.
A new Baptist preacher in town (and his son) liked to deer hunt
and I had showed them a place they could go hunting. My mother-
in-law had recently been "born again" at that Baptist Church and
she come to me in hopes that we would "connect" with "some"
church because we had a young son (and another on the way).
Anyway, being SO DEPRESSED, I read a lot of hunting, fishing
books in my library in an attempt to comfort my own soul! Late
at night on ***1/19/76, I saw a children's Bible story book, and just
thinking, "it can't hurt". took it and started reading at the point
where Moses and all the Israelites had been rescued! Of course,
I had seen The Ten Commandments LINK / LINK as a child, so I started
reading.
As I read on that night, some Israelites complained only a few days
after crossing the Red Sea, I said to myself, "They should "KNOW"
that God has something BETTER FOR THEM!!"
Then, "instantly", a voice said to me, "WHAT ABOUT YOU?!"
All I knew to do was to tell God (of course I already - historically -
believed that Jesus was the Son of God) to "TAKE ME!!" - and
i literally "felt" my sins leave!!
So. even though it was VERY LATE (probably near midnight and
I had been reading in another room), I went and told my wife that I
had "turned my life over to the Lord"! I called my Baptist preacher
friend and he "instantly" asked me to tell his church (which I did
and my family joined the church)!