Where do you think you would be right now if God had not intervened in

[MeCajunboy]

Where do you think you would be right now if God had not intervened?

Jersey!

lolol. You always get me with my direct questions Kari!lololol I'm going to have to hit you deeper in you soul on the next one. Thanks for the keen sense of direction but I was hoping for more than a one-word direction as much as I was hoping for where you are with the love and peace in your heart since you've been saved? Girl, lol keep that up and they'll begin to wonder if you're not from New Orleans too? lololololol

Jersey! lolol love ya anywaylolol

[damo1]

damo1

to be honest i wish god had not shakken me up and thats being very honest but i am having to stay on the path he has me on even though their have been plenty of times were i could have just walked back to the real world pick up my old life and never think of stepping foot into a church

from what i have experianced and seen since i have been hear its like some are out to see if we are real and if we do believe in what it says in gods word

i was only just talking with a friend who thinks the same way as i think he is right now looking at another church as we both said we wil give this church in the farming comunity i moved from a year to see if things improve

sevral things have improved but were we are both in our walk and how we talk openly its like we cant get this same conversation with the christians in the old church

its like you have to step jently and i am noticing some cant even handle what people say in a topic

yet this does not mean i am going to give everything up and go pick up my old life

i am too strong headed i stand up for what is right and i do not beat around the bush i never use to get into debates but i am know how do i say it i see that debating also brings the best out in me

this is just me being honest as i hate it when i am around those that give lip service and when ever i feel like i am going to just walk away i know gods spirit is telling me to give this up to him and let him deal with those that are just out to cause trouble among gods people

god bless from your brother in the lord damien stipic

[Bubba4J]

DEAD!!! From drug and alcohol addiction.

[MeCajunboy]

DEAD!!! From drug and alcohol addiction.

I don't believe that Chipper. I have to know for a fact that God held your hand through it all. Even when you doubted yourself, HE never doubted you! And look at you now. All shiny and clean and new! That's God shining on you Chip!

Luv you brother

Cajun

[tah]

I would go with the "dead" choice...

I was very self destructive...

[kari21]

I was hoping for more than a one-word direction

I'm sorry. NEW Jersey!

I was hoping for where you are with the love and peace in your heart since you've been saved?

Same place I've always been - Indiana.

keep that up and they'll begin to wonder if you're not from New Orleans too

My doctor won't allow me to live in New Orleans - I'm deathly allergic to hurricanes.

[other one]

Dead at the hands of the State.

[damo1]

damo1

hay cujun boy

you should know by know i do not beat around the bush i gave you half an answer as i wanted to see were this topic is going to lead and by the responces i have read i can see were its going

well i am back know in the town i started my walk and i am also setlled back in the church that i found my self in just out of jail at the age of 18 i am in the midle of applying for my pasport and boy its a joke to how much information is being asked my spiritual mentor who also took me into his home invited me to live with him and i can honestly tel you cujun boy its strange being back to were you started your walk with god

in one of the questions i had to put down my criminal history as i am also having to do this with my visa as i wil be staying a little bit longer than my normal plans of staying for two weeks as i was told i am going to need a police clearence so i am going to the phillippines embacy in canberra and wil be paying for the police in the phillippines to do this i had to also tel my partner that this is being asked of me but i have faith in god that its going to go al fine and al the red tape will be smooth

edwin was talking with me while we were filling in the forms and he said i have changed a lot and my old pastor has also said the very same thing he also said i am glad you are back as you are living proof to what god can do in a persons life and he knows that i never wanted to come back as he said how sorry he was for shutting the door on my face and telling me how evil men like your self are

and he sees how much stronger i have become since i have been away the big test is going to be on sunday when i walk in to my very first service as their are sevral people that want to forgive me and i am going to be doing the same

this is what i cal being real and when i said i wish god had not shakken me up in 2001 in my first post i meant it cujun boy i was very happy living the life style i was use to i was happy dealing in drugs and catching up with some old work mates who i use to work for in kings cross as i faced one guy who wanted me hurt and i found out he backed off from his orginal word when he saw me walk in to the club of the street i wil not go into ful detail

i was listning to nicky cruze on radio rehma as canberra has a good christian radio station that plays al day and all night so radio rehma has been on al day it was threw focus on the family and nicky cruze shared from his past and his dealings with the other gangs as he was a gang leader him self he even said he is glad god shook him up and convicted him as he knows were he wil be if god did not shake him up

if i had killed that drug dealer i would be in jail edwin could not stop saying how he is amazed at what god has done as i have not seen him for over 7yrs

tomorow i wil be meeting with the head pastor and some staff members who have known me from 18yrs old so i thought i would share this to you to see what the responce is going to be by what i have said

some times god wil bring us back to were we started our walk if we have left or been hurt by those that we trusted when we were young christians and this is also some thing that fits in with your question cujun boy were would we be if god had not intervened and we wil have to forgive as healing comes with forgivness to were we can be free

a lot of people from my old church christian out reach center were trying to hold me back and said i should not have forgiven my old pastor or those that threw my sin in my face but i said to my pastor and the sevral close friends who i have a lot of respect for i would not be true to my self or what christ did for me as its like one page is going to close and a new page will be open

know i pray that the police clearance as done and i am aproved to viset my wife to be and meet with my father in law and mother in law what hurts in the real world i am still seen as a criminal but in gods eyes my sins have been forgiven my slate is wiped clean and i am seen as his son not as a criminal i had to put everything i did even my crimes i committed when i was dealing in herroin and speed and in pot

i have been clean since 1988 what i did in 2001 is not on file praise god so i did not have to put that down and i am feeling very good and looking forward to catching up with a lot of people who new my pastor said just get a feel for the services as he wants me to feel comfterbal

god bless from your brother in the lord damien stipic

[LightofJesus]

I know without a doubt I would be dead and six feet under. I was in such a deep dark place I really didn't think I was ever going to get out, but GOD heard my heart and plucked me out of that despair and cleaned me up!!! Suicide was definetly on the top of my list but even too afraid to do that. Boy I was a loser! But now I am an overcomer due to our Lord and Saviour!!!

Damon,

Can I say one thing, you said something about the real world being this world we see, can I correct you on that, this is not the real world, we are spirit and our residence is with God which is the real world, our true identity is our life beyond this temporary exsistance!!!! Hallelujah!!!

May God bless you Damon!!!

[damo1]

I know without a doubt I would be dead and six feet under. I was in such a deep dark place I really didn't think I was ever going to get out, but GOD heard my heart and plucked me out of that despair and cleaned me up!!! Suicide was definetly on the top of my list but even too afraid to do that. Boy I was a loser! But now I am an overcomer due to our Lord and Saviour!!!

Damon,

Can I say one thing, you said something about the real world being this world we see, can I correct you on that, this is not the real world, we are spirit and our residence is with God which is the real world, our true identity is our life beyond this temporary exsistance!!!! Hallelujah!!!

May God bless you Damon!!!

damo1

thanks light of jesus and i do understand what you are saying yes our residence is with god yet while we are living in this world i am still seen as a criminal light of jesus even though i am not known in the phillippines and this is a new country that i also wil be living in what i did hear in australia wil not effect me as a person once my citazenship is approved but while i am going to be visiting for three weeks i had to have a police clearance done when you have a criminal history like mine it sticks with you some can not even leave the country if the crimes you committed were bad as they see you as a threat

this is what i am trying to point out light of jesus were christ forgives us and were our past is wipped clean this is not so in this world and i have to also respect the laws of the land

it does not effect me i do not let this put me down or do i see my self as a criminal i see my self as a changed person who is free from his past were in this world you have a label on you and it can even be hard to get jobs as you have to also agree to a police check being done on you and if you lie on the application form and you are cought out this wil make it hard

with in the jobs i have applied for i have had to be open and honest this is just the way i am light of jesus and thank god for what he has done in your life as i do understand what you are sharing hear

have a blessed week light of jesus god bless from your brother in the lord damien stipic