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To: Grantcw who wrote (29)	4/11/1998 10:52:00 AM
From: gregor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14396

Dear Grant: I know that the Lord has placed a burden on your heart for your frat brothers; so to keep you from getting discouraged I thought I would give you a glimpse into your future. I went back two years ago to an alumni weekend and met many of the old brothers for the first time in many years. I'll tell you about four brothers Bob, Tom , Bill, and Tom. It just so happened that these four guys were the wildest guys in the frat. I got a chance to talk to all four in depth before the weekend was over. The first Tom. After a divorce and some alcohol problems, we get to the first tee box on the golf course. He says "guys it is such a beautiful day lets all join hands right now ( about 3 foursomes behind us waiting to tee off ) and pray and thank the Lord for such a beautiful day and all this fellowship. Then all the way around the course after every good shot he would bellow out at the top of his lungs "Praise God", you could hear him three fairways over.Enough said on first Tom. Bill, was the wildest of the four. He gets me to the side and says, Greg, I hear you are a Christian. I say "all the way". He says me too; I saw the error of my ways; although I know I can never make it up to the Lord ,all I can do is try and live a righteous life till I die; but he said Tom (the second Tom) is lost, he has been my best friend for 30 years and Greg I just cannot stand it, please pray for us; and he broke down sobbing. Then there was Bob. The closest to me of the four. I asked him Bob, how is your relationship to the Lord ? He said Greg, it is not as close as I would like it but I am a believer. He said I got into the fast paced corporate life, a lot of drinking, an occassional fling, but look where it got me. He said, look at you, in shape run 10 K's, happy, great family, and look at me ,ready for a heart bypass at 50,a wife that is bitter at me for taking the best years of her life, and me I got fired from my job, a blessing, but I'm still not happy. I told him. Bob you know the answer don't you. He said, YES his name is Jesus I have found that out. Last year I started taking my family to church; I hope it is not too late. The Lord gave me the strength to stop drinking and I don't touch a drop anymore, but I hope it is not too late to make it up to my wife and family. I assured him it is never too late. I assured him that God WILL release him from the guilt he feels and that God can make up for the years that the canker worm ate away. And I know God will answer his crys for help. So Grant, there may be several people just like this that you know. While I personally was not an alter boy in my frat I was never as wild as these four. But I was a Christian at the time and I never really tried to overtly show it; I guess that I tried to straddle the fence. But I was very immature, as a christian then and the Lord really didn't expect too much out of me. But looking back the Lord was already working in their lives, not much help from me, and I didn't see it. So now I can see that the Lord is the faithful One, not me. When the whole story is told we are going to seem so insignificant compared to the faithfulness of the Lord. If in the meantime you feel inadequate just confess that to the Lord and he will show you that His requirements may be very simple at this point in your life. You do have that CPA exam coming up and I hope and pray that the Lord will impart wisdom and knowledge and enlightenment to you in Jesus name. Amen.