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Special Treat – Joshua Brack

October 24, 2007

Welcome to our newest writer, Joshua Brack, who becomes writer #440 for Storytime Tapestry.  Please email him and let him know how much you enjoyed his work.

If Tomorrow Never Comes

Joshua Brack

You know, now I am thoroughly convinced that God has a sense of

humor. As you know, June 17, 1999 was the date of my wreck. I can vividly

remember the conversations I had with those girls: ‘I Wanna Know’ echoing

through my mind with Melissa’s beautiful voice, Tina’s sarcastic sense of humor

and me holding her hand to my cheek saying, “Even though you try to piss me

off, you still make me smile.”, telling her that we were going to the top. One of my

most beautiful recollections of those two girls was driving in the car with Melissa

as we passed a field of wild sunflowers. “Melissa told me that she liked

sunflowers as we passed the field…

This past year was seven years since the wreck, the first time that

sunflowers have ever been behind the cross to remember those two girls. It still

hurts to have lost Tina and Melissa but as I crossed the road, I realized that

Heaven is what you like and so much more. Better days are on their way. You

must cross the road to find them? They are with God and there were three

bushes of sunflowers… what she liked. It makes me happy that they are so

happy. “Heaven ain’t Hard to Find… all you gotta do is look?” So, I picked some

for Melissa since she liked them so much. The poetry of my life is so beautiful?

If I was to make an overall theme of my life, I would describe it as good. I

will never forget those faded pictures … one of my fondest memories of them is

going to a ball game with those two girls, watching the Stars and finding the way

with them to understanding; I wish I could express my true feelings to them

today. Whenever I think of them, I have a smile on my face. Every time I close

my eyes I thank the Lord that I got them… and they got me too?

We used to laugh all the time; Tina’s last name was Herstein and I used to

always call her Her-stine after the Young Frankenstein movie joke. She would

always laugh just as you are right now; I loved that. I remember listening to,

“Unconditional Love” repetitiously with them. Please notice the presupposition in

this. Thank you for the memories. I will never forget the love I had for Melissa;

she loved me and I loved her. I remember her singing the song “I Wanna Know”

by Joe. The song came on the radio; I had never heard the song before so I

turned the station. To this day I hear her voice echoing,” No, I like that song.” I

quickly turn it back to hear her sing the words, “I wish that I could take a journey

through your mind; and find emotions that you always try to hide.” I hear those

words running through my mind all the time and I smile. I wait for that love again.

I guess that was the Lord’s way of saying, “ You had good days before; you are

in store for even greater.”

I have grown up as a very active member of my church. From teaching the

children the Way, to interacting with the youth and giving understanding to the

College & Career Class, my limits are God’s limits and God has no limits.

I thank God for my Christian Heritage; my great grandfather was a Baptist

Minister until the day he died, my grandfather is a Baptist Minister and my family

loves and serves the Lord. God is working within me as we speak.

Now to build a house, you must first have a foundation. That foundation is

experience, experience from reasoning, logos; that foundation is God. Starting

off, I must say God is good… and has no limit. What they have taken away from

me, God has given back ten fold.

It has been [insert publishing date of book printing] since the wreck. Since

there is no way to know every aspect and to put it into the words of a book of

what I went through, I will just say I was in a car wreck. We were just going to

see a movie; what it was, I am unsure. It could have been a series of things: Life,

the Matrix, Wild, Wild West, who knows. But one thing must be said, I love those

girls.

A woman, drunk and who was upset with her boyfriend was driving

towards the intersection of Ruth Wall and 114; you know, right beside Grapevine

Mills Mall. Tina and Melissa were going to the movies with me and driving in my

car after I had a long day life guarding at the YMCA. Two friends of mine were

following.

To make a long story short, we came up to the intersection of Ruth Wall

and 114. My light turned green so I proceeded forward. It wasn’t half way through

the intersection, the woman struck the driver’s side going 80+MPH and so the

story begins.

You know, sometimes life isn’t really fair. In reflection of that night, I

remember being confused of where my friends were going to go, being too

trustworthy of people and thinking she was going to stop. I loved, love and will

always love those girls. As I lay in Melissa’s lap, thinking this was a dream, I

heard screams. “Josh, Josh, Josh!!!”, my best friend saw a girl tossed out of the

rear windshield brutally breaking her back. I acknowledged him with a gargle; I

was still conscious.

He told a mutual friend up at work, “Josh doesn’t have any legs; they were

torn off in the wreck!” His eyes had seen too much; mortified and astonished, all

they could do now is pray.

As you can see, I am fine now; like I said, God has no limit. The two girls

driving in my car… they’re with Jesus now. I told them one day we were going to

the top; they just got there a little quicker. The last time I saw them was in a

dream of only mental cognizance, not of physical recollection about three

months after the wreck when I was in a coma for three months.

SUNDAY, BEFORE MY WRECK

AFTER MY WRECK; DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?!? THAT IS GOD?

I did not know what happened to me, saw blue stars and two beautiful girls

in white robes take me to a dark room. “Everything will be alright?”, they said. I

was confused; ‘What will be alright?!?’, I asked. All they could do was walk off

into the distance with their beautiful blonde and brunette hair. I guess that was

God’s way of saying, “I am still here even though all this is happening.’

That is odd, Tina and Melissa had blonde and brunette hair. I saw them in

a dream within my mind, but they had passed. It is almost as if God is within our

minds, a presupposition because He was supposed in minds way before you, an

aforethought.

Angels are mentioned throughout the Bible described as being in white

robes and it says in John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was

God… ” It is almost as if the Bible is speaking the truth; the Bible is God.

As I look back on the night of June 17th, 1999, I know summer time was

their favorite time of year because this was when Melissa went to Galveston or

Tina went to her Banquet and I would like to think this was their favorite time

because this was the time they spent with me. At every season’s changing, the

wind reeks of their hair; that is how vivid their memory is. “In the Arms of an

Angel” was what was sung at their funeral and as you can see, that is exactly

where I stood. The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away; Come

quickly Lord Jesus, even so, come quickly.

Now, what I have learned in the past few years is unbelievable. I did not

know the extent of my injuries. My pelvis was broken in seven different places.

What is the miracle in all of this?!? Number one, I am alive and cognizant enough

to use words like ‘cognizant’ and write a book to share my experience. Number

two, I do not have metal plates or anything foreign in my body from my pelvis

being broken in seven different places which healed perfectly in only two weeks.

Every organ was lacerated in my body except my heart and left lung; God is

good.

The human body only holds five units of blood, but it took twenty-seven units to

keep me alive that night; by the way did I mention my blood type is Type O-, the

rarest blood type?!? I thank God for each and everyone of you that gave blood

the next day so that which I used could be replaced. Not a day passes that your

donation is not appreciated. You allowed me to fulfill a purpose and mission?

Also, I have learned my two frontal lobes were sheared in my skull. What

does sheared mean?!? My two frontal lobes were torn from the rest of my brain

and healed itself! No breaks, surgeries or permanent memory loss; God is

great!!!

The next couple of years were a blur to me. I spent hundreds of hours in

various hospitals, there were thousands of trips to doctors and the hospital bill

was well over a million dollars and God took care of that too.

The person I am today is a little wiser, submissive and meek to name a

few of my characteristics. I am a living testimony to God’s good grace.

Throughout this world, I had people praying for me: in New Zealand, Africa,

several Southern Pacific Isles and throughout the United States. All those

precious prayers were answered; thank you.

Through that experience, God has blessed me in ways you will never be

able to imagine. I was offered a job at Bell Helicopter, Textron in Forth Worth,

Texas under the Chemical & Analysis Department only two years after my wreck.

I was only able to lift 225 lbs. for five repetitions under four sets before my wreck.

I am able to bench press well over that amount now and it only took me a year to

recover the strength I had before the wreck on a constant basis. I am currently

enrolled at Dallas Baptist University, world renowned and a very prestigious

school, with a 3.0 GPA from my previous college and it rising with my

understanding of God. You tell me God is not there, I will share at least three

miracles he has bestowed upon me. As my Pastor says, “If God brings you to it,

He will bring you through it.” As you can see, through my cognizance, strength

and mobile ness, He has brought me every step of the way.

Now, what I have learned in my life, is that there is genius in simplicity yet

it takes simplicity to define genius terms coherently. This is not a new concept;

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Homer and Leibniz say this through either

their hypocrisy or understanding. The Bible even says this through its own words.

Jesus said, “Suffer the little children and forbid them not unto me; for such is the

Kingdom of Heaven .” and “Except you become as one of these, you will not

enter in.” What Jesus is saying here is ‘Blessed are the simple minded.’ If we

take on faith, such as a child, we will inherit and enter into the Gates of Heaven.

See, I just see things simpler now after my wreck than I did in my past. God is

the Word and all the Word is telling us to do is live a simpler life. We see it as a

question, but a question has two answers: right or wrong. This is our choice. The

Bible is the right way; it is telling us how to live a simpler life. True life is lived full

of insinuations through our mind, associations through connection, allegories

through our perverseness, constancy through the One, an experience to

understand, a statement not question, purposeful , has no limitations, an inner

mind through understanding, mental not physical, a healing not a scar, a

searching for a period but not the end of the paragraph, acknowledgement, a

source, a reason, completeness, Divinely Inspired, obedience, good, outside the

boundaries of time, reference, decisive not inquisitive, adaptation within the Bible

of understanding, examples, parables of experience from education, implications,

connection, a beginning but never an end, within our minds, reliant on the Source

if lived well, how not why, choice but never a chance and never a wrong decision,

understood, in prepositions from the Presupposition, anticipation, reflection,

simplicity from One. Do not look at the quantity of words I use to describe life, but

the quality of understanding I use throughout this book.

Since we look at the positive aspect of life, we should acknowledge the

negative: what not to do in life.

What is missing in every story in the Bible? The main characters

knowledge of good which is later realized, understood. We see how they fall with

their knowledge of evil or succeed with their knowledge of good. It is our

knowledge that is crucial. Knowledge is where God lies and believing in this

knowledge is beneficial. The benefit is eternal life.

Wrong, evil, sin just is not living a simpler life. We think this is just going

behind God’s back, but just as a parent instructs a child, such is the Bible. Life is

just a word; what matters is the connection the word implies. We can either take

it as a Gift or a Curse. This is the connection and its implications; life is what we

make of it. As we live at the current moment, we make it hard on ourselves. We

ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but strive towards the bad

with hate of different races, sexes, religions when all they seek is understanding,

acceptance, etc. Why?!? We may have ate from the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil, but to know is different than to do. There is no cost to be

rewarded; the cost was taken on the cross. There is not a choice, only a

commandment, one way to make a decision. This is just a parent instructing a

child to live simpler, that is it! Knowledge is a less intimate understanding; strive

for understanding.

Also, I have learned there is no need to fight things; what will be, will be.

“Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.” I will ask you to keep in

mind that inheritance insinuates ‘coming’. Sure, you can fight it, but what will it

achieve?!? Fighting it in anyway is just showing you do not have faith (God’s

mercy to allow His sheep to understanding) in God’s Plan. The strong will lead

this world, but those who turn the other cheek will inherit the world. It is better to

inherit because what will last longer, this world or the inheritance?!? We must

accept the reception or inheritance because it will be given to us if we follow the

words in the Bible, the simpler life of meekness and not stirring up anger, and

the reason for prime numbers. The Bible is a prime number. The Greek

philosophers who studied these numbers understood the idea of primality and

were interested in perfect and amicable numbers.

Paul: Writer to the common people

He puts it in words we can understand that we can all understand. If you have a

mind, you must remember. If you rely on your knowledge of good

(understanding) then that is what it must come from and there is no need to

worry b/c even though we are all sinners having the knowledge of evil, if we put

our faith in God then it is all good! Please, I urge you to read your Bibles b/c the

Bible is God.

There is no excuse for not recognizing the hand of God through His wrath when

we do not follow His Word or grace when we do.

Please read Romans 1:18-23; God’s Anger at Sin

18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked

people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.[a] 19 They know

the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For

ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky.

Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible

qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse

for not knowing God.

21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even

give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God

was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead

of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made

to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.

Now read Acts 17:22-31; 22 So Paul, standing before the council,[a]

addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very

religious in every way, 23 for as I was walking along I saw your many

shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an

Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the

one I’m telling you about.

24 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he

is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, 25

and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He

himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every

need. 26 From one man[b] he created all the nations throughout the

whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall,

and he determined their boundaries.

27 “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps

feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any

one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of

your[c] own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29 And since this is

true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from

gold or silver or stone.

30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier

times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their

sins and turn to him. 31 For he has set a day for judging the world

with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone

who this is by raising him from the dead.”

DO NOT LIMIT THE AMAZING POWERS OF GOD THROUGH WORSHIPPING

gods. EX: Greek Culture worshipped Zeus, god of Sun, Aphrodite, God of Love

limiting God’s great power. Do not put a limit to God as Nahum said since He has

no limit as Revelation 22:13 says.

Habakkuk: Be careful what you pray for!

The ever-present “Why?”, b/c Judah sins, not living simpler is best answered by

the everlasting “Who!”, God. It is for their best interest that they be punished by

the Chaldeans and Babylonians.

I will read Habakkuk Chapter 1: God’s message to Judah.

1 This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision.

Habakkuk’s Complaint

2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help?

But you do not listen!

“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,

but you do not come to save.

3 Must I forever see these evil deeds?

Why must I watch all this misery?

Wherever I look,

I see destruction and violence.

I am surrounded by people

who love to argue and fight.

4 The law has become paralyzed,

and there is no justice in the courts.

The wicked far outnumber the righteous,

so that justice has become perverted.

The LORD’s Reply

5 The LORD replied,

“Look around at the nations;

look and be amazed![a]

For I am doing something in your own day,

something you wouldn’t believe

even if someone told you about it.

6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[b]

a cruel and violent people.

They will march across the world

and conquer other lands.

7 They are notorious for their cruelty

and do whatever they like.

8 Their horses are swifter than cheetahs[c]

and fiercer than wolves at dusk.

Their charioteers charge from far away.

Like eagles, they swoop down to devour their prey.

9 “On they come, all bent on violence.

Their hordes advance like a desert wind,

sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.

10 They scoff at kings and princes

and scorn all their fortresses.

They simply pile ramps of earth

against their walls and capture them!

11 They sweep past like the wind

and are gone.

But they are deeply guilty,

for their own strength is their god.”

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—

surely you do not plan to wipe us out?

O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,

to punish us for our many sins.

13 But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.

Will you wink at their treachery?

Should you be silent while the wicked

swallow up people more righteous than they?

14 Are we only fish to be caught and killed?

Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?

15 Must we be strung up on their hooks

and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?

16 Then they will worship their nets

and burn incense in front of them.

“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”

they will claim.

17 Will you let them get away with this forever?

Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?

& 2:1-3: A Billboard of Revelation.

Habakkuk 2

1 I will climb up to my watchtower

and stand at my guardpost.

There I will wait to see what the LORD says

and how he[a] will answer my complaint.

The LORD’s Second Reply

2 Then the LORD said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets [a billboard],

so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.

3 This vision is for a future time.

It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.

If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,

for it will surely take place.

It will not be delayed.

A doxology of praise is stressed in Habakkuk 3:16-19: 16 I trembled inside

when I heard this;

my lips quivered with fear.

My legs gave way beneath me,[a]

and I shook in terror.

I will wait quietly for the coming day

when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

17 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,

and there are no grapes on the vines;

even though the olive crop fails,

and the fields lie empty and barren;

even though the flocks die in the fields,

and the cattle barns are empty,

18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD!

I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength!

He makes me as surefooted as a deer,[b]

able to tread upon the heights.

(For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed

instruments.)

Faith is stressed here of God’s sovereign freedom to accomplish His purposes in

His own way. Habakkuk depicts the prophet’s struggle of faith and in so doing the

necessity of faith in the lives of God’s people.

Living by faith: Habakkuk 2:4; “Look at the proud!

They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.

But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.[a]

The righteous shall live by faith!

Romans 1:17 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his

sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the

Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”[a]

And Galatians 3:11: Paul quotes this verse to show the centrality of faith in

man’s relationship with God.

11 So it is clear that no one can be made right with God by trying to keep the law.

For the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”[a]

And finally, do not look at Bible Scriptures as things you have to do,

unreasonable laws; look at them as advice from your Creator of how to live a

simpler, but fuller life. I mean that is who created life. Why not follow the

Inventor’s Directions, the Bible. Even the Commandments are just moral law,

moral law- the distinction between right and wrong since we ate from the tree of

the knowledge of good and evil. They are commandments because He knows

the easy way out. Sure, there are still going to be people that disobey them, but

what are they saying, “I do not want to live simpler!” What the Bible is truly saying

is if you want to be a Christian or live simpler since that is all Christians truly are,

simple livers, you must follow these commandments. Think about this; we

messed up in Eden and God loved us so much He gave us His Word, Himself to

live simpler lives if John 1:1 is true. God is not going to banish sinners from this

earth because He loves us so much and hopes we will make the right choice, the

simpler choice to follow Him.

But the one thing you must do in this life is “Ride it till the wheels fall off.”

Before my wreck, I thought life was a dream; I soon found out it really isn’t and it

really doesn’t hold anything back from you after an incident like mine. But, I

learned the understanding in the pages of the Bible make it a simpler, easier life

if you follow its’ words. Fulfill your life to the fullest; do your purpose in life and try

to overdo. It has been [ INSERT DATE OF PUBLISHING FROM WRECK DATE]

since the wreck. I miss those girls; I will see them one day. For right now they are

just two teardrops, faded pictures and a memory and have taught me so much,

but the most important of these lessons is, “Heaven ain’t Hard to Find, all you got

to do is look.” within your mind. I cannot wait to see them on the other side

because there, they will not be a memory, but a reality?

Since we have dissected the fine prophecies and shown through wording that

Jesus is the Messiah, we will now look at the prophecies that directly point to no

man other than Jesus.

Isaiah 49:6; 6 He says, “You will do more than restore the people of

Israel to me.

I will make you a light to the Gentiles,

and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Gentiles are saved also, but the Jews (of the nation) think they are the “chosen

people”. This is in the Old Testament, but the Jews still don’t believe?!? The

Gentiles, us, used to eat raw meat from weird animals, worship pagan gods of

statues, NOT LIVE SIMPLER!

This man helped them understand with the Jews. Jesus helped them realize that

all have the knowledge of evil, but in this situation we are about to read about,

Isaiah prophesied what was about to happen (the Pharisees were to honor them

w/their lips, face value, but not understand it is simpler to honor your parents),

but , yet they still did not understand. Read Matthew 15:6-9 6 Even the waters

of Nimrim are dried up!

The grassy banks are scorched.

The tender plants are gone;

nothing green remains.

7 The people grab their possessions

and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.

8 A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab

from one end to the other—

from Eglaim to Beer-elim.

9 The stream near Dibon[a] runs red with blood,

but I am still not finished with Dibon!

Lions will hunt down the survivors—

both those who try to escape

and those who remain behind.

… then 15:16-20. 16 “Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked. 17

“Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes into the

sewer. 18 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what

defiles you. 19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder,

adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. 20 These are

what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”

Jesus gave several arguments, discussions that all God is must be

understanding. Read Matthew 15:10. 10 Then Jesus called to the crowd to

come and hear. “Listen,” he said, “and try to understand.

I believe Jesus was very emphatic w/His references to God as understanding

and how to live simpler from our knowledge of evil. Highlight the exclamation

point on

15:20. 20 These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will

never defile you.”

Read Matthew 15:24-28; 24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent

only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”

25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”

26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and

throw it to the dogs.”

27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat

the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”

28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request

is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.

We are children of Israel if we understand, Gentiles if we eat the raw meat and

not live simpler. This is also an example of faith- third hand on Jesus. Just rely, it

will be instant b/c it comes from just like the little girl. I will share this story w/y’all

one more time? (scars) Nah, probably a few more; don’t hurt. Learn this from

third hand experience!

Now, back to Isaiah, the original association. Look for God to be lying in

association, pneumonic devices. Isaiah 50:6; 6 I offered my back to those

who beat me

and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard.

I did not hide my face

from mockery and spitting.

Is this precisely what happened to Jesus?!? Isaiah 52:13-15; 13 See, my

servant will prosper;

he will be highly exalted.

14 But many were amazed when they saw him.[a]

His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human,

and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.

15 And he will startle[b] many nations.

Kings will stand speechless in his presence.

For they will see what they had not been told;

they will understand what they had not heard about.[c]

Has kings or world leaders (Franklin Roosevelt and WWII, Bush and 9/11 with

resolutions) understood?!? Highlight understand. Exalted speaks of His

resurrection and ‘lifted up’ speaks of His ascension.

Isaiah 53:2; 2 My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender

green shoot,

like a root in dry ground.

There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,

nothing to attract us to him.

Jesus was not a king like the Jews believe He will be, but this was prophesied in

the Old Testament. He didn’t have beautiful things to attract to His appearance.

That is of face value; look in your minds for the attraction. There you will

understand.

UNDERSTAND B/C HE IS UNDERSTANDING!!!

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that

take our breath away?

Heaven could be ages away or distant (like the blue stars I saw in

my dreams) or it could be right within our minds (after all it was within my mind,

my dreams.) Early on, my father was asked by a newspaper reporter what the

prospects were for my recovery. He replied, “Josh’s limits are God’s limits and

God has no limits.” I guess that pretty much sums it up. What you will see in

writing this book, in person, as one of His sheep is the living God who was saved

twice by His amazing grace. Life is precious and none of us know how many

breaths we have. “Live for the now because tomorrow ain’t promised today.” God

has a purpose for each and everyone of our lives. That is all the more reason

that each of us should live this moment like it is our last by dedicating it all to the

one who gave us life, our Lord and Savior. Come quickly Lord Jesus, even so,

come quickly. I leave you with pictures of those two gorgeous girls and what I

have to look forward to?

THE REASON I KEEP BREATHING

He assures us throughout the Bible that if we follow His rules, the Bible,

we will always have enough. My life is my assurance because it has always been

enough.

Through that experience, I prayed to God that this was all a dream. Once

again, I emphasize experience and for you to learn from my experience through

the third hand because first hand hurts. Trust me, third hand experience is

sufficient. We can learn this through testing chemicals, life’s experience and third

hand experience that God is there.

This is another thing that could have only come from the Divine Power.

One would think I was a beast of a man who was 6’0” and lifted weights his

whole life. Now, granted I did played soccer my whole life allowing my lower body

to strengthen, but had only started lifting upper-body weights precisely one year

before my wreck, weighed 135 lbs when the wreck occurred and am 5’7” today.

Why would you not believe someone who knows too much about the brain, body

and all the systems of the body from first hand experience?!? This was all

miraculous!!! Dios es fuerte.

We must learn that life is reference and the Source referred upon is God.

If we rely on Him, we will succeed. If we do something good for God, we will

always succeed. Good is succession and if we succeed, it is always from

something good. The past is very important to me, thus I like to remember; in

both lies God. My grandfathers words were true; I just had to remember them.

I know what everyone is thinking at the current moment and I did miss the

Dallas Stars win the Stanley Cup that night, June 17th, 1999, but I had to fulfill a

purpose. It would have been much simpler life if I had watched the game, but

what a big purpose it must be to allow me to survive a wreck like that!

Reassurance:

With all this talk of God being understanding, I know we need some reassurance

that there is no need to worry in this life b/c everything is understood in this life.

I want y’all to highlight in these new Bible’s to see the emphasis I am trying to

show.

HIGHLIGHT THE UNDERLINED!!!

Psalm 139:1; 1 O LORD, you have examined my heart and know

everything about me.

He KNOWS everything about us; knowledge is where? I believe our knowledge

of evil takes the emphasis away from what is important. He is telling us where He

lies… within our mind.

Acts 17:28; 28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of

your[a] own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

We would be dead w/o our minds.

EX: Melissa was better off than I was, but she was brain dead… or was she? I

saw her in my dreams and didn’t even know they were dead. This proves to me if

we believe in the Holy Spirit, we are one mind for those two girls to be in my

dreams.

John 8:41-44; 41 No, you are imitating your real father.”

They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true

Father.”

42 Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me [the

physical], because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my

own, but he sent me. 43 Why can’t you understand what I am saying?

It’s because you can’t even hear me! 44 For you are the children of

your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He

was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth,

because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his

character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Those who don’t know Him see the physical, but do not see Him w/their minds

eye.

1 John 4:16; 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our

trust in his love.

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in

them.

Not distant, but love is understood.

1 John 3:1; 1 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his

children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this

world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t

know him.

Jesus is and was the son of God and in us all if we are His children.

EX: Tyler, incentive: movie

Children of God, incentive to understand

Jeremiah 29:11; 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD.

“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and

a hope.

Hope is understood. Anticipate hope if you follow these words. The preposition ‘if’

is not a chance, but a choice. Chance was always an ignorant train of thought

anyway.

Jeremiah 32:40-41… 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with

them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their

hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me. 41 I will find joy

doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant

them in this land.

B/c good is understood. Establish is another word for succeed.

Exodus 19:5 “Now if you obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my special

treasure from among all the nations of the earth; for all the earth belongs to me.”

Treasure is what pirates look for like Scurvy Steve?

Jeremiah 33:3; 3 Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do

not know about things to come.

Or successful things… have I succeeded? (walk, talk, coherence?) I have always

kept my eyes on God. This is an example for y’all.

Deuteronomy 4:29 29 But from there you will search again for the LORD

your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you

will find him.

To find is anticipated. Anticipation is understood. Do not be confined by the limits

of time!

Ephesians 3:20; 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his

mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we

might ask or think [imagine].

Imagine (in mind).

Psalm 37:4 and Philippians 2:13; 4 Take delight in the LORD,

and he will give you your heart’s desires.

3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of

others as better than yourselves.

Desire, want longingly… DO! Not these sporadic impulse w/ends.

Psalm 37:4: 4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your

heart’s desires.

Luke 15:7 and 11:32; 7 In the same way, there is more joy in heaven

over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninetynine

others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!

Big party, great visualization; te esta esperando. Remember the root spirit.

Isaiah

Then, as I shared last week, Isaiah speaks of the Coming Messiah.

Please read Jeremiah 29:11 again.

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are

plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

As we are anticipating hope, so was Christ anticipated and He came! Anticipate

hope.

Come quickly Lord Jesus; even so, come quickly.

There is an embedded conversation, question that is answered with the words

“even so”.

Embedded Question: God: “Don’t you know you can experience me now?”

His children, John the apostle specifically who wrote this: But I don’t want to hurt

from the pain, influence of this world no more.

Find Him as the reason and don’t hurt no more, simple.

Hermeneutics: Study of Reason or interpreting the Bible; the Bible is the

reason… in the book we are studying, Isaiah, a reason behind a prophecy,

specifically.

It says behind every prophecy, there is a double meaning.

EX: arm break- taught me where to look for understanding b/c it just sporadically

came back, that God is this understanding that should be experienced through

faith if we only believe, but it is human to experience. Have faith. It taught me

that God is the God of the past, present and future.

Past- remember through repetition (show exercises done to correct my nerve

paralysis, simplicity)

Present- Do!!! (Rehabilitation)

Future- anticipate, hope; it will work out if you follow God.

God is the association to this wisdom I teach y’all.

Joshua Brack

Joshua0817@aol.com