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Why Stories???
I take you back some 26 years ago. I was not saved and I knew God was real but I didnt follow HIS teachings. My wife and I had just moved to New Jersey and she was attending a Church. I, on the other hand, always found every reason Not to go to Church. Finally, one day, my wife talked me into going to Church with her. Since the move I had stopped playing sports and missed it. My wife, Bobbie, told me that if I attended her Church for two weeks a month I could play softball with the Church team. At first I only went two weeks a month, but deciding which two weeks became a chore. I started going every week. The ministry was more my age and I liked his sermons. I was starting to learn more and more about the Bible and Jesus.
Sitting in Church one Sunday, as I was day dreaming about how I had a great job, two beautiful girls and a wife that I loved. The minister was talking about a man that had everything, this caught my ear. He talked about how this man was driving one day and he had his family with him. There was a bad accident and as the man lay there bleeding he realized that everyone was dead except for himself. The minister said the man knew about Jesus and his promise and had never accepted Jesus into his life. The man was dying and his thoughts went to thinking that if what he had been taught, then hed go to Hell and his family would go to Heaven. The minister then asked everyone to bow their heads. This is what he said next With all heads bowed and eyes closed, is there anyone who would like to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior today? I didnt have to think about it, I raised my hand.
At that moment I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. My inside and outside felt all excited. I talked with the minister after Church and from that day on Ive continued to grow in Gods Word. I knew that not all the people in that Church were saved and I wanted to find more people that were and talk to them.
Thats when I started searching the Internet, looking for other believers. During my search I found a web site with inspirational stories. They lifted my heart and touched my soul. I started saving them and the more I read the more they helped me understand things in the Bible. I printed out some and shared them with friends of mine. They loved them and asked me for more. It dawned on me that there must be many more people like us that would love to read these stories. I also thought that they might find the web sites that I had found. Christians sharing the love of God and what HE had done for them. I also knew that they would be learning the Bible and would have many questions. The stories had helped me so much that I decided to share them with others. I started posting them on the web sites I went to.
I didnt start doing this because I wanted to. I did it because I felt that this was what God wanted me to do. Everyone is looking for something or someone to love them. Their also looking for something to belong to. I knew theyd be searching the Internet looking for that. Sooner or later theyd find these message boards. If, by the Grace of God, they found these stories they might just read them. It would be their first experience with Christian writers. They too might be at that point in their lives where they needed to make a choice. These stories will help them to understand Gods love and the Bible. So you ask why I post so many stories??? Now you know and Ill continue to do so, God willing.
In His Amazing Grace,
The Story Teller
I take you back some 26 years ago. I was not saved and I knew God was real but I didnt follow HIS teachings. My wife and I had just moved to New Jersey and she was attending a Church. I, on the other hand, always found every reason Not to go to Church. Finally, one day, my wife talked me into going to Church with her. Since the move I had stopped playing sports and missed it. My wife, Bobbie, told me that if I attended her Church for two weeks a month I could play softball with the Church team. At first I only went two weeks a month, but deciding which two weeks became a chore. I started going every week. The ministry was more my age and I liked his sermons. I was starting to learn more and more about the Bible and Jesus.
Sitting in Church one Sunday, as I was day dreaming about how I had a great job, two beautiful girls and a wife that I loved. The minister was talking about a man that had everything, this caught my ear. He talked about how this man was driving one day and he had his family with him. There was a bad accident and as the man lay there bleeding he realized that everyone was dead except for himself. The minister said the man knew about Jesus and his promise and had never accepted Jesus into his life. The man was dying and his thoughts went to thinking that if what he had been taught, then hed go to Hell and his family would go to Heaven. The minister then asked everyone to bow their heads. This is what he said next With all heads bowed and eyes closed, is there anyone who would like to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior today? I didnt have to think about it, I raised my hand.
At that moment I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. My inside and outside felt all excited. I talked with the minister after Church and from that day on Ive continued to grow in Gods Word. I knew that not all the people in that Church were saved and I wanted to find more people that were and talk to them.
Thats when I started searching the Internet, looking for other believers. During my search I found a web site with inspirational stories. They lifted my heart and touched my soul. I started saving them and the more I read the more they helped me understand things in the Bible. I printed out some and shared them with friends of mine. They loved them and asked me for more. It dawned on me that there must be many more people like us that would love to read these stories. I also thought that they might find the web sites that I had found. Christians sharing the love of God and what HE had done for them. I also knew that they would be learning the Bible and would have many questions. The stories had helped me so much that I decided to share them with others. I started posting them on the web sites I went to.
I didnt start doing this because I wanted to. I did it because I felt that this was what God wanted me to do. Everyone is looking for something or someone to love them. Their also looking for something to belong to. I knew theyd be searching the Internet looking for that. Sooner or later theyd find these message boards. If, by the Grace of God, they found these stories they might just read them. It would be their first experience with Christian writers. They too might be at that point in their lives where they needed to make a choice. These stories will help them to understand Gods love and the Bible. So you ask why I post so many stories??? Now you know and Ill continue to do so, God willing.
In His Amazing Grace,
The Story Teller
