Tonight I got the great blessing to be able to hang out, and have a bible study with a few of my best friends. We all met up, and went to my friend Carter's house, and his grandad talked to us, and taught us many different things about his life, and how God has greatly affected the course of his life. Here is the story that put me in awe.
He was with his friend, and he had gotten a new car, and his friend wanted to race him, and he decided that it wouldn't be too bad to try, so he accepted. He was going about 75, and it was in about a 35 zone. He passes a police officer, and the lights to the car come on. John (Carter's Granddad) went up a hill, and somehow, all 4 tires of the car left the ground! He was in flight, and if that wasn't scary enough, the car went and turned around 180 degrees. That's insane, imagine going 80 MPH, and leaving the ground in your car, then all of a sudden you're facing the other direction, no turning or anything at all. He landed safely too. Not a single scratch got on his car. He then started the opposite direction, so he stopped and he was sure that the cops were going to have him thrown in jail. Well, this man dressed in all black with a white shirt came up, and told the officers a story about John's father. The officer wrote him up, and sent him off. No jail time. Tell me that doesn't just blow your mind.
Well, John went about to tell us many different things about things that he had done in his life in which the devil was literally trying to kill him. Spiritually and physically. There were just so many times that this man should have been killed, but because God had hand-picked him to do many other things in life, he was protected. There are just so many different stories that can be siad with the same message as this, but I have never heard a story that meant so much to me, because it just seems so surreal to think about these kind of things actually happening
Well, while we were praying for the dinner than John and his wife had so willingly prepared for us, something came over to me because Carter had told me that they had a lot of Bibles in the house, and I didn't have one in my house that I could easily read. Or find for that matter. So, right before I went to go eat, I went up to John, and with more boldness than I usually have with people I have just met, I asked him if he had a Bible that I could have. Almost without any hesitation, he looks at me and says that he has plenty of Bibles to spare, and that he would go and get one for me. He got me this NIV Study Bible, which is a really nice Bible to have. I can't really tell you of many times where someone I have just met has had so much caring for other people that he would give something like a Bible to someone who he has just met a few minutes or so before. It was such a great blessing to know that someone wants people to know the King of Kings so much that he would give one of his nicest Bibles to a kid that was invited by his grandson. That was one of the highlights of the night if you ask me.
We got into a lot of deep conversation, and if I can be completely honest with you, I don't remember a lot of it, because I would have to look at the notes that I took, and I think that I'm going to give my brain some time to relax, since we did get to talk about a lot. Don't worry though, I will get to that soon enough. The best part of the night though was when we just went through different parts of Scripture, and just talked about how it really applies to the lives that we all are living right now.
Another good thing that happened, is while riding over there with my friend Griffin, from Hidden Valley, I got to talk to him, and he told me that he was praying for me about the whole situation that I am going through right now. That was so encouraging to hear, that someone who I had never really talked to was praying for me. I don't know if you have ever been straight up told that by someone, but I can now tell you first hand, that it is one of the best things that someone can ever be told, and it can uplift them in ways that they might not even think possible. I really just learned tonight a lot about prayer, and a lot about the guys that I am going through life with right now.
There is just so much that I could talk about, but I am so tired right now. Thank God I didn't go to prom last night or I would be even more tired.
I don't say this enough, and I sure hope that changes soon enough, but I love each and every one of you. I hope that the Lord blesses you in many different ways throughout your week, and that you just have a great week.
TJ
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