1/27/12
LOVE
Instead of shining the light on someones sin; Shine it on their glory . then maybe they will be better able to see the path and return to righteousness.
7/15/11
Quest, Deshawn, & Reggie: Precious Memories of lives lost too soon
On Monday July 11, 2011 AT 03:30 AM
in a fatal crash; Oil City, Pa lost Three
of it's most valuable resources.
Quest Morgan-Green.
Deshawn Harris.
Reggie Brown Jr.
The most valuable resource any community
can have is it's youth, but youth is not thee
reason these three were so valuable.
The reason is something even more precious,
something very few adults ever posess and
only those youth whom fate would make great
ever realize in their own lives before becoming
adults themselves.
Quest, Deshawn, and Reggie posessed an
outlook on life and an influance on others so
positive and strong that they changed forever any
life that happened to come under their special
brand of influance.
On first impression you probably wouldn't have
given these boys much credit for being upstanding
citizens, most people focused on their weaknesses
and completely missed their strengths, that special
gift to the world sent by GOD himself.
But if you were brave enough, wise enough, or
fortunate enough to allow them into your life for
even a short moment; they would change the way
you saw life forever.
I have been reading and listening with much interest
over the past few days to all the stories and memories
of these three amazing youth.
Jennifer Wagner, Amanda Wagner, Crystal Markley,
and Cheyenne Paden spoke with me of their memories
of theser boys.
Jennifer remembers going to camp Boumont in Ohio
with them.
Camp Boumont is a camp for underprivilaged kids.
she remembers especialy how Deshawn was the nicest
kid there, He allways went out of his way to protect
the other kids from bullies.
Deshawn would take a stand for them whenever he
saw them being mistreated.
He did not respond to the bullies tactics in kind but
tried to talk, reason, and explain why they should not
be picking on the other kids.
If it was nesesary he would place himself physicaly
between the bullie and their victim to stop the
agression.
Jennifer said Deshawn loved his sisters and would do
whatever it took to help take care of them.
Also if you happened to be in a bad mood; Deshawn
would get right up in your face with only centimeters
between you and him and start making weird faces
and strange noises untill you could not hold it in any
longer, you could not help but bust out laughing.
If you tried to turn your face away from him he would
move right along with you keeping his face with your
face. there was no escape from his insistant
requirement of happiness for everyone around him.
Both jennifer and Amanda recall how Quest would
do crazy things to make people smile.
If you were in a room with Quest and he noticed you
were not smileing or having a good time; He would
spontasniously break into some weird dance right
in front of you and he would keep it up untill you
gave in and smiled.
Quest and Deshawn neither one could tolorate any
unhappiness in the lives of any one around them.
They felt it their personal mission in life to bring
Continue reading on Examiner.com Precious Memories: Quest, Deshawn, & Reggie - Erie Christianity | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/christianity-in-erie/precious-memories-quest-deshawn-reggie#ixzz1SCEMZ2KE
in a fatal crash; Oil City, Pa lost Three
of it's most valuable resources.
Quest Morgan-Green.
Deshawn Harris.
Reggie Brown Jr.
The most valuable resource any community
can have is it's youth, but youth is not thee
reason these three were so valuable.
The reason is something even more precious,
something very few adults ever posess and
only those youth whom fate would make great
ever realize in their own lives before becoming
adults themselves.
Quest, Deshawn, and Reggie posessed an
outlook on life and an influance on others so
positive and strong that they changed forever any
life that happened to come under their special
brand of influance.
On first impression you probably wouldn't have
given these boys much credit for being upstanding
citizens, most people focused on their weaknesses
and completely missed their strengths, that special
gift to the world sent by GOD himself.
But if you were brave enough, wise enough, or
fortunate enough to allow them into your life for
even a short moment; they would change the way
you saw life forever.
I have been reading and listening with much interest
over the past few days to all the stories and memories
of these three amazing youth.
Jennifer Wagner, Amanda Wagner, Crystal Markley,
and Cheyenne Paden spoke with me of their memories
of theser boys.
Jennifer remembers going to camp Boumont in Ohio
with them.
Camp Boumont is a camp for underprivilaged kids.
she remembers especialy how Deshawn was the nicest
kid there, He allways went out of his way to protect
the other kids from bullies.
Deshawn would take a stand for them whenever he
saw them being mistreated.
He did not respond to the bullies tactics in kind but
tried to talk, reason, and explain why they should not
be picking on the other kids.
If it was nesesary he would place himself physicaly
between the bullie and their victim to stop the
agression.
Jennifer said Deshawn loved his sisters and would do
whatever it took to help take care of them.
Also if you happened to be in a bad mood; Deshawn
would get right up in your face with only centimeters
between you and him and start making weird faces
and strange noises untill you could not hold it in any
longer, you could not help but bust out laughing.
If you tried to turn your face away from him he would
move right along with you keeping his face with your
face. there was no escape from his insistant
requirement of happiness for everyone around him.
Both jennifer and Amanda recall how Quest would
do crazy things to make people smile.
If you were in a room with Quest and he noticed you
were not smileing or having a good time; He would
spontasniously break into some weird dance right
in front of you and he would keep it up untill you
gave in and smiled.
Quest and Deshawn neither one could tolorate any
unhappiness in the lives of any one around them.
They felt it their personal mission in life to bring
Continue reading on Examiner.com Precious Memories: Quest, Deshawn, & Reggie - Erie Christianity | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/christianity-in-erie/precious-memories-quest-deshawn-reggie#ixzz1SCEMZ2KE
6/19/11
A Pastors Wife, A Bottle Of Water, And A Lesson In Love
As I was waiting for the GoBus last week
in Franklin; I sat in the Buffalo Street
Gazebo enjoying the warm sunny weather
that we all have waited so long for.
As I listened to the others talking while
we waited for the Bus to arrive, I watched
across the street as this old man come
walking out of the ally from Liberty street
next to the house where the Pastor of the
Methodist Church across the street lived.
The old man walked around to the front
steps of the Pastors house and sat down on
the top step as calmly as if he himself
lived there.
MORE
in Franklin; I sat in the Buffalo Street
Gazebo enjoying the warm sunny weather
that we all have waited so long for.
As I listened to the others talking while
we waited for the Bus to arrive, I watched
across the street as this old man come
walking out of the ally from Liberty street
next to the house where the Pastor of the
Methodist Church across the street lived.
The old man walked around to the front
steps of the Pastors house and sat down on
the top step as calmly as if he himself
lived there.
MORE
5/20/11
5/4/11
Bin Ladin Killed
"Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles."
--Proverbs 24:17
--Proverbs 24:17
4/30/11
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