Inmate Profiles

Linda · #1 (**permalink**) 05-30-2002, 02:30 AM

"REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE IN PRISON AS IF YOU WERE THEIR FELLOW PRISONERS, AND THOSE WHO ARE MISTREATED AS IF YOURSELVES WERE SUFFERING" HEBREW 13:3

A MAN THAT ENTERED MY LIFE ON APRIL 13, 2001 CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. NOT UNTIL THAT DAY DID I EVER BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. WE FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR FIRST GLANCE....OH HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS! HE HAD BEEN FIGHTING DRUG ADDICTION SINCE HE WAS 13 AND I WAS WILLING TO TAKE THIS FIGHT ON WITH HIM. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING SOUL THAT OPENED MY EYES TO TRUE AND PURE LOVE. ON JULY 21,2001 HE MADE A TERRIBLE DECISION. HE MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE DRUGS MIXED WITH ALCOHOL. THE RESULT OF HIS DECISION SENT ME TO THE HOSPITAL AND HIM TO PRISON. I WAS LEFT DEVASTATED AND VERY CONFUSED...I ASKED MYSELF OVER AND OVER WHAT I WAS TO DO...I LOVED HIM SO MUCH BUT WAS LOVE ENOUGH TO HEAL MY PAIN AND SUFFERING?? I RECIEVED LETTERS FROM HIM DAILY...BEGGING ME TO WRITE TO HIM ...TO RESPOND TO HIM...I SAT IN SILENCE FOR MONTHS...I WAS LOST AND THERE CAME A DAY I KNEW I NEEDED GUIDANCE AND HELP WITH WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH...I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR WHAT I NEEDED...THAT WAS THE DAY BO'S LETTER CAME TO ME AND IN IT HE WROTE "...MY LOVE,LOOK TO THE BIBLE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE YOU SEEK,I HAVE FOUND AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE LORD AS MY SAVIOUR
AND IF HE CAN HELP ME I KNOW HE CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND WITH THE PAIN YOU ARE CARRYING..." I READ AND REREAD HIS LETTER AND THEN I WENT AND TOOK THE BIBLE DOWN FROM THE BOOKCASE. A BOOK THAT HAD NOT BEEN OPENED IN MANY MANY YEARS. I STARED AT THE COVER FOR THE LONGEST WHILE DEBATING IF TRULY THE WORDS WRITTEN WITHIN COULD EASE MY PAIN AND ANSWER MY DEEPEST QUESTIONS....I RANDOMLY OPENED THE BOOK AND THE VERY FIRST WORDS I READ WAS HEBREW 13:1-3 I SAT AT MY KITCHEN TABLE DUMBFOUNDED FOR HOURS OVER THAT PASSAGE. FOR MY QUESTION I SPOKE ALOUD RIGHT BEFORE I OPENED THE BIBLE WAS...DO I WRITE TO BO OR SHALL I TURN MY BACK ?? GOD DOES LISTEN AND HE DOES PROVIDE ALL THE ANSWERS. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS JAMES 4:12 "THERE IS ONLY ONE LAWGIVER AND JUDGE, THE ONE WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE AND DESTROY. BUT YOU--WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE YOUR NEIGHBOR"

lulu · #2 (**permalink**) 05-30-2002, 02:00 PM

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lulu · #5 (**permalink**) 05-30-2002, 02:00 PM

i think you have the answers in your heart already.

we take a chnace in life every day, we cant pretend that every thing is perfect. any challegnge that we face, we have to faith and strength. good luck, and tell bo he is in prayers.

lulu
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