Lungs for the Gospel

All I had..was a piece of lent and a gum wrapper...i lost track of time, then soon after...tossed out of my pocket with a quick pick and pull...trying my hardest to look so cool..."do I need that pack of smokes and that orange Bic lighter...or should I save my money for a couple of pieces of cheese and a crusty old cracker?"....my dilemma was growing greatly inside of me...passing up the hunger and leading to the mind...my choice was certain..I just needed a little bit of money and a lot more time...my mind raced..and my blood began to crave...what my tongue had savored and my lungs had saved...all that money I spent for a puff here and there...when my dad's side of the family died...not one had grey hair...was this the end of dear old me...a decrepit, pain infused unhealthy body??? Wait?! What is this that I found in my shirt pocket...I began to shoot up like a fourth of July rocket...could it be a half smoked cigarette? Nope...as my feet landed back on the pavement...what was it that I grasped onto...that would send me flying to the moon?? As I looked inside my good old pocket...all i found was a faded old locket...and inside...a picture I had forgotten...my dad...who once was and now is gone...who had a set of powerful lungs...he would shout and laugh so boisterously...he would always make sure to take care of me...till one day he fell to his knees...his breath taken away...he laid there so silently..."use what God has given to be clean and pure...to tell the world 'COME OUT OF HER'...to tell the peoples where they be....that the lungs we have and the air we breathe...carry HIS Gospel to the lost, the dying and to HIS seed..." My time is now....(takes deeeeep breath and stands tall)~Kadesh

I just wrote this....hope it reaches someone. Shalom.

God of peace, not destruction nor sorrow!!

Eccles 11:9 - says rejoice young man in y/our youth, and let your heart cheer you in y/our youth. Walk in the ways of y/our heart..........and that Eccles 12:6 remember your creator before the silver cord is loosed.......

Certainly, someone has been touched..

I was touched by this and have also lost family due to smokes.

My husband is now battling the smokes and down to 2 a day thinking that is o.k. But it is not as they still kill just for a puff and that instant thrill. My heart breaks at the thought someday he too will succumb to cigarettes due. I'll be crying then again like I did before wanting to yell at cigarettes all the more. The loss they deal - ones smoking don't get.... they just want that smoke and more they get.

I don't know what it will take to change his mind, what info I can find and still be kind. I just love him with all my heart and keep praying for him to quit for the that's a start. Oh God in heaven please hear my pleas and save my husband from compromises ease.

Amen, I agree with you whole heartedly...awesome qoutes! have a blessed week my friend. Shalom

I am so sorry for what you are going through...may your husband wake up and see the disease of that nasty drug...and want to give his lungs a rest...my wife and I will pray for your husband. I used to believe it or not...smoke 4 packs a day of camelwides a day...I started smoking cigarettes when i was 12 years of age...and just progressed to a much higher dose....(shakes head)....thanks to ELOHIM above...that I still am alive...and I can breathe. Hang in the JesusLives...may ELOHIM(GOD) in Hebrew...bless you with peace and wisdom in dealing with this....


"You're always better off if you quit smoking; it's never too late."~LA