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| Let's Make a Deal | (Feb. 09, 2001) |
In 1983 I hadn't smoked pot in quite a while. At least not since I enlisted in the Army. I knew better. I had met a soldier who had flunked a drug test and in turn was "booted" out of the Army. Yet for some reason, knowing the risk, I gambled and smoked pot at a Christmas party. Upon my return from leave, my unit sprang a surprise drug test.
There's nothing my son loves more than catching lizards. When he snatches one up, they wiggle, squirm, bite, and claw to try to escape. They rarely do. I too was snatched up. My mind raced reaching for some way to get free. Lying, I told my sergeant that I was at party where marijuana smoke fill the room, but I did not smoke any. I was clearly informed that if I flunked the drug test there was nothing he could do to help me. Soon the test results would be sent back to our base. Trying everything, I made a deal with God. I told Him that I would read a chapter of the Bible every day if He helped me.
The God that I didn't serve knew that I wouldn't keep my end of the bargain if He helped me. I didn't consider becoming a Christian. I didn't even say I was sorry for smoking marijuana. No thought of repentance arose in my mind. It was just a deal. I thought I knew what God wanted from me. I figured I would give Him a litte of what He wanted if He gave me what I wanted.
Believe it or not, God accepted the deal. He got me out of trouble.
That same year, unknown to me, a lawsuit prompted the scrutiny of the Army's method of drug testing. As a result a whole batch of testing nationwide was tossed out. I was in that batch. Coincidence? All I know is that what I asked God to make happen, happened.
Although I forgot about my deal with God, God didn't. Later that year I became a Christian.
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