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Even If There Isn't Breath...There is Hope!

6/24/2013

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June 12, 2013 will be a day I will never forget.  I received a call after midnight from my sister telling me our eighteen year old nephew, Zack, had been admitted to the Emergency Room.  He was unconscious and not breathing.  The doctors were putting him on life support and his organs were beginning to shut down.  He was dying!  As we made the three hour drive to the hospital we prayed for God’s mercy on Zack and asked family and friends to please pray.

We were an hour away from the hospital when I got the news he was beginning to wake up!  This was a MIRACLE!  He was on life support for less than twenty four hours and he was waking up.

A night of heavy drinking and bad choices led him to a blood alcohol level of 3.67 .  Zack had been on a prodigal journey the past few years drinking, doing drugs, and making choices that led to almost dying on June 12, 2013. He knows now beyond a shadow of a doubt, God has allowed him a second chance at life. 

He is a living miracle and has committed to live his life to the fullest and to serve God with all his heart and soul.  He is determined to use his life as a living testimony.  While I am sad he had to go through what he did, I am grateful and proud of him for where he is today. 

I have always said, “If there is breath, there is hope”, however, God opened my eyes to the fact that even if there isn’t breath, there is STILL hope!  God will not be put in a box and His mercies are new every morning.  There is ALWAYS hope!

This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:22-24

For nothing is impossible with God  Luke 1:37   

Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.  Isaiah 55:7

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Zack on life support June 12, 2013
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Me and Zack June 14, 2013
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Are You a Snitch?

6/7/2013

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My son recently graduated from 8th grade.  At the end of the year they celebrate with an 8th Grade Formal.  This is the same school my daughter (who is ten years older than my son) went to ten years ago.  When she went to the 8th grade formal, I never thought twice of any kind of danger.  To be honest, I didn’t even consider danger as I dropped my son off at the formal.  However, as I pulled into the school parking lot at the end of the dance, I noticed a Police car sitting nearby.  My first thought was maybe someone was caught with alcohol or drugs?  When my son and his friends came out and got into the car, they immediately started telling me that a boy had been arrested for bringing a loaded gun with extra ammunition to the dance!  

As I piece together my son's view point, the newspaper article, and conversations with other parents this is what I think happened….

A young man, who was at the school for less than two months, brought a loaded gun, extra ammunition, marijuana, and as rumor has it a hit list and a rape list.  He also stole a girl's iPhone at the dance (which was returned).  

My understanding of the event was that several kids saw or suspected he had a gun however, no one wanted to be a “snitch”. He apparently even pointed the gun at a few girls.  There seems to be two versions of what happened next…1. The girl he stole the iPhone from told the School Officer that he had stolen her phone and when he was questioned the boy admitted it and agreed to be searched and was arrested. And story 2. Two brave girls either saw or knew about the gun and told the School Officer who confronted the boy and he was searched and arrested without incident.

The bottom line for me in this scenario is: I am grateful that someone told an authority and the boy was arrested before he was able to cause whatever problems he had intended.  My heart breaks though at the thought that several kids knew he had a gun and didn’t want to be considered a snitch.  There is a vast difference in being a snitch or tattle tale for something that is none of your business and telling someone when your life or someone else’s life is in potential danger. As parents, it’s important that we teach our children that abuse, violence, guns, bullying, or threats ARE something to tell someone about.

I am asking everyone who reads this to please pray for the young man and his family as they face the consequences of his choices and behavior. I also pray that God will intervene in the boys desperate heart.  

There is always HOPE!

The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?   Psalm 27:1

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This is my son as he prepared to go to the 8th grade formal- he put his own spin on “formal”.  He has a wonderful sense of humor and is very creative. I am very grateful he returned home from the dance in the same condition that I dropped him off in.  
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    As an author and speaker, I desire to encourage others in their search for hope.  I invite you to follow my blog as I write from my heart, my experiences, and from a biblical perspective.  The topics I blog about vary from writing about my testimony, my marriage to Doug, parenting, forgiveness, and much more.  I welcome your comments and feedback and encourage you to check back often.  There is always hope!  


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