Monday I lost the youngest of the youth I had in a previous church. He was without a doubt a very good friend, I've not been able to sleep very well, was kinda' like losing a family member. I raised him, his older brother and sister spiritually and now I wonder why he died the way he did. When I was active in the lives of this youth group I lost my oldest youth in a car wreck, my oldest and youngest are gone and it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me but I know God will help me understand in time. Now this is enough about me I want to pass on what this young man of 22 told me a few days before he died, I know he would be pleased that you were able to hear this.
My friend became a different person a few years ago, his papaw died, a man he looked up to with the greatest of respect and then within a couple of months he was diagnosed with diabetes, not sure why this changed him so, he never explained why. Within a couple of years he was doing drugs, his family put him into those short term addiction clinics with no lasting results. Finally they decided they couldn't take it anymore, he was stealing from them and even their friends, so it was get into a good long term help program or go live on your own, he did that he left home. Within months he realized the drugs were going to eventually kill him so he wanted help, I called my niece and she found a good Teen Challenge program in western Kentucky, so I took him there. I wouldn't allow his family to take him because I knew he would talk them out of it on the way, and he knew I wouldn't listen to his sad little stories. He stayed the full year, he was clean and doing well, came home got a job and was doing fine. Well then he found a girl friend and eventually her and her friends tempted him enough that he started drugs again, this time running them. Well a few years later and his abuse of his family by stealing from them including his 4 year old nephew, the thief charges against him he was off to western Kentucky but this time to be able to run his meth without worrying about having to steal from his family. He met a very nice older couple up there that took him in and gave him a job, well he abused them like he had everyone else just for something that was killing him. Well Monday this young man who was 6'3" and use to be a good athlete died weighing less than 100 lbs. with his needles scattered all over the room, sad ending for a kid who was so good before he changed. He told me a few days before he died he wish people could know his story so they could see how meth destroys lives and that just maybe it would help someone to save their life. If anyone here is in trouble with any drug he will tell you please quit don't become me.
I did not write this for anyone to respond to, I wrote it to give some meaning to a young life that was cut short because of a weakness I can't even imagine and he couldn't understand. Please no kudos, instead please listen to a tragic story and find help if you are in trouble.
From my heart GC
My friend became a different person a few years ago, his papaw died, a man he looked up to with the greatest of respect and then within a couple of months he was diagnosed with diabetes, not sure why this changed him so, he never explained why. Within a couple of years he was doing drugs, his family put him into those short term addiction clinics with no lasting results. Finally they decided they couldn't take it anymore, he was stealing from them and even their friends, so it was get into a good long term help program or go live on your own, he did that he left home. Within months he realized the drugs were going to eventually kill him so he wanted help, I called my niece and she found a good Teen Challenge program in western Kentucky, so I took him there. I wouldn't allow his family to take him because I knew he would talk them out of it on the way, and he knew I wouldn't listen to his sad little stories. He stayed the full year, he was clean and doing well, came home got a job and was doing fine. Well then he found a girl friend and eventually her and her friends tempted him enough that he started drugs again, this time running them. Well a few years later and his abuse of his family by stealing from them including his 4 year old nephew, the thief charges against him he was off to western Kentucky but this time to be able to run his meth without worrying about having to steal from his family. He met a very nice older couple up there that took him in and gave him a job, well he abused them like he had everyone else just for something that was killing him. Well Monday this young man who was 6'3" and use to be a good athlete died weighing less than 100 lbs. with his needles scattered all over the room, sad ending for a kid who was so good before he changed. He told me a few days before he died he wish people could know his story so they could see how meth destroys lives and that just maybe it would help someone to save their life. If anyone here is in trouble with any drug he will tell you please quit don't become me.
I did not write this for anyone to respond to, I wrote it to give some meaning to a young life that was cut short because of a weakness I can't even imagine and he couldn't understand. Please no kudos, instead please listen to a tragic story and find help if you are in trouble.
From my heart GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
