Today, I learned that a good friend of mine lost his youngest brother to a drug overdose...
He told me that his brother went to a park where he took a hit of heroin into his veins. Something went wrong, however. He lapsed into a coma from which he never recovered.
Also on this day, an inmate at this facility was informed that his 37-year-old kid brother died on or near Christmas from what he was told was a sudden heart attack. But the word is that his heart burst from cocaine. According to another prisoner who knew the deceased from the streets, he had had struggles with drugs.
But tragedies such as this only makes me more determined to serve the Lord and to continue my efforts to proclaim the life transforming gospel to a spiritually lost world. Besides, by allowing God to use my life to help win people to Christ is a type of divine justice, I believe. It's like serving notice on the Devil, "Yeah, you lost another one!" A precious soul was snatched from Satan's grip and redeemed by the blood of Jesus.
Of course, saving souls is really the work of the Holy Spirit. However, He oftentimes uses ordinary Christians as His instruments in order to accomplish this. While Christ gets all the glory when it comes to salvation, His plan allows for people like myself to be a part of it. What a privilege! I am not at all worthy, for I am nothing without the Lord.
D.B.
Also on this day, an inmate at this facility was informed that his 37-year-old kid brother died on or near Christmas from what he was told was a sudden heart attack. But the word is that his heart burst from cocaine. According to another prisoner who knew the deceased from the streets, he had had struggles with drugs.
But tragedies such as this only makes me more determined to serve the Lord and to continue my efforts to proclaim the life transforming gospel to a spiritually lost world. Besides, by allowing God to use my life to help win people to Christ is a type of divine justice, I believe. It's like serving notice on the Devil, "Yeah, you lost another one!" A precious soul was snatched from Satan's grip and redeemed by the blood of Jesus.
Of course, saving souls is really the work of the Holy Spirit. However, He oftentimes uses ordinary Christians as His instruments in order to accomplish this. While Christ gets all the glory when it comes to salvation, His plan allows for people like myself to be a part of it. What a privilege! I am not at all worthy, for I am nothing without the Lord.
D.B.
