WHY DO “I” PERSONALLY BELIEVE IN GOD, BY “FAITH/SPIRIT/LOVE”??…
HERE IS “A TRUE STORY PARABLE”… THERE WAS ONCE A YOUNG MAN, WHOM GOD HAD/HAS KNOWN, BEFORE THE YOUNG MAN WAS FORMED WITHIN THE BELLY OF HIS MOM/MOTHER/MAMA.. THE YOUNG BOY WHO GREW UP KNOWING THAT HE FELT SOMETHING WITHIN HIMSELF, AS YOUNG AS 1(ONE) &1/2–2YEARS OLE.
GROWING UP, THE YOUNG MAN EXPERIENCED MANY, MANY LIFE-THREATENING EVENTS, WHERE MIRACLES HAPPENED TO HIS LOVED ONES AND YET GOD, OR SOMETHING; DELIVERED THEM THROUGH STUFF…SO HE WAS TRAINED AND RAISED UP WITHIN A CHURCH AND A FAMILY THAT BELIEVED…MOM, BIG SISTERS, DADDY, AND MANY, MANY OTHERS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS…
I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE FAMILY AND THE BIG BROTHER DOES NOT MIND ME SHARING THIS “TRUE” PARABLE WITH YOU ALL…
In the Gospel of Matthew the parable is as follows:…
He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”— Matthew 13:31–32, World English Bible
In the Gospel of Mark:
He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it? It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth, yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.” — Mark 4:30–32, World English Bible
In the Gospel of Luke:
He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.” — Luke 13:18–19, World English Bible
SSOOO WHY DOES THE BOY/YOUNG MAN NOT LOOK LIKE THIS:
BUT INSTEAD LOOKS LIKE THIS:
ONE TIME THE BOY HAD EXPERIENCED HIS BIG BROTHER GO THROUGH BEING “BURNED”, OVER 60 % OF THE BODY, LOOSE A FOOT & LOWER LEG, AND THE “BIG BROTHER” LIVED THROUGH ALL OF THAT, DIES SEVERAL TIMES ON THE EMERGENCY TABLES/BEDS, AND IS STILL LIVING EVEN UNTIL TODAY, AFTER DYING AGAIN ON THE EMERGENCY BEDS FROM A HEART ATTACK A FEW YEARS AGO…
THESE HAVE ALL BEEN SIGNIFICANT TO BUILDING “FAITH” AND EVEN THE BOY’S OWN “LIFE FULL OF TESTIMONIES” A MAJOR ONE WAS:
THE BOY/MAN’S FACE “GOT BURNED” WITH 1ST, 2ND, A FEW 3RD DEGREE BURNS, FROM AN ACCIDENT AT A PAST EMPLOYER. ALL OF THE FACIAL SKIN TOP LAYER WAS GONE AND “PINK”… THE 1ST HOSPITAL, EMERGENCY ROOM PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA OF HOW TO HANDLE A “SEVERELY BURNED VICTIM”..THE BOY/YOUNG MAN, OVERHEARD THEM, SCRAMBLING AROUND IN THE ER OF “THAT HOSPITAL” AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE “BURNS WOULD MAKE HIS FACE SCARED/DISFIGURED”. THE BOY HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO THE 1ST ER, BY A CO-WORKER…SOOO, THE BOY/YOUNG MAN TOLD THE COWORKER TO TAKE HIM TO “PARKLAND MEDICAL CENTER”, AKA Parkland Hospital HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING ONE OF THE BEST “BURN” MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE NATION. THE BOY REMEMBERED HOW THEY HAD SAVED HIS BIG BROTHER’S LIFE AND NEW METHODS WERE BEING DONE ALL THE TIME…
WHEN THE BOY/MAN GOT TO Parkland Hospital, THEY IMMEDIATELY KNEW JUST WHAT TO DO.. THEY ASKED THE BOY/MAN, “IF” HE HAD “FLUSHED” OUT HIS EYES, WITH COOL CLEAR WATER? “YES”, THE BOY ANSWERED; HE HAD REMEMBERED TO DO THAT TO GET THE CHEMICALS THAT WERE A PART OF THE EXPLOSION AND BURN/SCALDING SOLUTIONS WHICH HAD “MANGLED HIM”.. AND THE BOY/YOUNG MAN, “STILL WAS BLINDED BY WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIM”… HE COULD NOT SEE THEM, BUT COULD HEAR THEM, AS THE BOY’S/MAN’S SKIN WAS FALLING OFF INTO THE TOWEL WHICH WAS AND HAD BEEN GIVEN TO HIM TO PUT OVER HIS FACE, THE SKIN CELLS WERE LITERALLY/TRULY FALLING AWAY/OFF INTO THE TOWEL, IN HIS HANDS…
THE EXPERT MEDICAL STAFF; STATED TO THE YOUNG MAN/BOY (A NEWLY MARRIED HUSBAND AND FATHER); THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY MOST LIKELY HAVE TO HAVE “Skin grafting” AND MAY EVEN REMAIN “PARTIALLY BLIND”??…. THE BLISTERING BUBBLES WOULD HAVE TO BE ALL “BUSTED/BURST” AND THEY WERE NOT SURE OF HOW MUCH PIGMENTATION, COLORING, CELLULAR STRUCTURE COULD/WOULD BE BACK??
THE BOY/MAN HEARD ALL OF THIS AND, YET REASONED WITHIN HIMSELF THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY LOOSE HIS WIFE, AS NOT MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG WIVES WOULD WANT TO LIVE WITH A “FREAK-LOOKING” HUSBAND?? BUT A QUIET STILL VOICE IN THE ER, WITHIN THE BOY/MAN’S SPIRIT AND CONSCIOUSNESS SAID: King James Bible
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD,
TRUE OF WHAT WAS HEARD IS: “BE NOT AFRAID..STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD THY GOD!”… HEARING THE “VOICE” OF THAT; CALMED THE YOUNG MAN/BOY DOWN AND HE WENT THROUGH THE PROCEDURES AT THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO “UTILIZE THE BURN CHEMICALLY SATURATED BRUSHES AND TO SCRUB OFF ALL OF THE DEAD SKINS, EACH DAY AND UTILIZE THE “SALVES IN HIS EYES” AND TO “BITE-DOWN” ON A TOWEL AND OR A BELT TO ENDURE THE PAIN(S) OF SCRUBBING OFF THE DEAD SKIN AND TO “NOT” GO OUTSIDE INTO THE SUN, AND EVEN AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN TO WEAR THE SPECIAL SHADES/GLASSES…THEN THE BOY/MAN WAS TOLD TO “REPORT TO START OF/FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY” IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS.
SOO THE BOY/MAY WENT HOME AND PREPARED HIMSELF FOR ALL TYPES OF “LIFE CHANGES” EVEN EXPECTING TO LOOSE HIS FAMILY AND NEW WIFE…
WHEN THE BIG BROTHER, (A MINISTER AND BELIEVER) CAME OVER TO VISIT, THE MINISTER PRAYED AND PUT “HOLY WATER” ONTO THE BOY/MAN’S FACE AND THE YOUNG MAN/BOT HAD “FAITH” THAT “HE WOULD HEAL” JUST FROM THAT “LOVE/FAITH/PRAYER” FROM HIS BIG BROTHER…NEVER EVER DOUBTED IT AGAIN..JUST DID WHAT HIS DOCTORS TOLD HIM AND BEYOND.. AS YOU SEE; THE BOY/MAN’S UPPER SHOULDER, CHEST, ARMS AND WRISTS WERE ALSO BURNED AND SCARRED…
WHEN THOSE 3 WEEKS OF STAYING IN THE HOUSE, EXCEPT FOR JUST A FEW LATE EVENING/AFTER DARK AND EARLY MORNING/BEFORE DAWN TIMES OF GOING OUT OF THE HOUSE; WWEELLL, WHEN THE BOY/MAN RETURNED TO START HIS PHYSICAL THERAPY; THE DOCTORS WERE “PUZZLED/AMAZED” THAT HIS SKIN WAS “RE-PIGMENTATION” AND HIS EYES WERE RETURNING TO 20-20 ALMOST AND HIS SCARRED ARMS WERE ADJUSTING BACK TO NORMAL AND THE “STRETCHING EXERCISES” THAT THE MAN/BOY HAD BEEN DOING WERE WORKING AND THE “DOCTORS” TOLD HIM; “OBVIOUSLY YOU DON’T NEED US; JUST KEEP ON DOING WHATEVER YOU HAVE BEEN DOING AND COME SEE US AGAIN IN ABOUT A MONTH; YOU MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK, SOON???”….. THEY WALKED AWAY “SHAKING THEIR HEADS” AND MUMBLING TO THEMSELVES’ (I HEARD SOME THINGS=) “THIS IS CERTAINLY, ONE OF THE MOST STRANGEST CASES, I HAVE EVER SEEN!”.. THE BOY/MAN, JUST SMILED AND LEFT; AND DID NOT HAVE THE MENTALITY TO TEL THEM HE HAD USED MORE “HOLY WATER & PRAYERS”, AFTER EACH SCRUBBING SESSION…
THE MORALE AND CONCLUSION TO THIS STORY IS:
THAT YOUNG MAN/BOY/HUSBAND/FATHER/BROTHER/UNCLE/GRANDFATHER WAS/IS ME!! ALTHOUGH I MAY HAVE “NOT EVER” HAVE BEEN HANDSOME ENOUGH OR MAN ENOUGH FOR ANY FEMALES/MALES, PEOPLE? I AM HANDSOME/MAN/HUMAN BEING/SON OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER ENOUGH FOR ME AND MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, WHOM GOD FINALLY DID FEEL MERCY AND GRACE TO ALLOW ME TO HAVE A BIT OF HAPPINESS AND RENEWED MY FAITH MANY TIME OVER EVEN SINCE THEN!!!
DID “FAITH” CAUSE THE “RESTRUCTURE/REGROWTH/REGURGITATION/REORGANIZING/REBIRTH/RENEWAL” OF MY SKIN AND DNA??
OH I STILL HAVE OCCASIONAL ISSUES WITH SOME “RETURNING” BLISTERING AND STUFF, “IF” I STAY IN THE SUN LIGHT TOO MUCH AND I HAVE TO WEAR “SUN SCREEN(S)” AND YET, THOSE ARE VERY, VERY SMALL THINGS…
YOU CAN STILL SEE THE “FADED BURN MARKS, UPON MY ARMS AND WRISTS AND CHEST… WHY DID “GOD HEAL MY FACE, 1ST”??
BECAUSE “HE KNEW ME 1ST, AND EVEN BEFORE HE FORMED ME IN THE BELLY!