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I'm not sure how to present this really, but I just wanted to share this. If you go on YouTube, you'll see his videos on the homepage.
I don't know if all of you know(I didn't until about five minutes ago), but a kid named Ben Breedlove died last year, in December. To say death isn't that big a deal is the truth, but that truth only carries out if one is saved from eternal damnation. I have no idea what Ben's spiritual status was, and I may very well never know.
You may be asking why this is relevant, as people die all the time. Not that he's different, but I post this because my heart is convicting me about it. This kid had some sort of heart disease. I'm not sure exactly what, but he was born with it. He has 'cheated' death (that's the way he put it) about 3 times, with the third time being recently. My heart convicts me about it because I could have done something. I don't know this kid personally, and heck, I doubt he lived near me at all.
I saw that the videos were on YouTube, however I didn't watch them. In my mind, I was like, 'Oh great.' For some reason, I had a predisposition of the videos and I didn't really want to see them. I didn't know what to think of them, but I never bothered to watch them. I never noticed it but looking back, I never watched them because something about them irked me.
I say I could have done something because for all I know, this kid had a 50/50 chance of going to heaven or hell. I don't know where he is. I could have prayed. Prayed that God would send some workers and tell him about the Good News. I also could have done something about his heart, too. Not directly, of course, but to my knowledge, not very many Christians believe that healing is in Jesus' atonement. While this isn't as important with the message I'm trying to get across, it's on my heart.
Before I end this post, I'd like to say that I'm not focusing on it or worrying about it to the point that I'd be freaking out or something. I'm pretty much all good now. I just wanted to spare someone the pain that goes along with learning this lesson the hard (or at least a hard) way.
I don't know if all of you know(I didn't until about five minutes ago), but a kid named Ben Breedlove died last year, in December. To say death isn't that big a deal is the truth, but that truth only carries out if one is saved from eternal damnation. I have no idea what Ben's spiritual status was, and I may very well never know.
You may be asking why this is relevant, as people die all the time. Not that he's different, but I post this because my heart is convicting me about it. This kid had some sort of heart disease. I'm not sure exactly what, but he was born with it. He has 'cheated' death (that's the way he put it) about 3 times, with the third time being recently. My heart convicts me about it because I could have done something. I don't know this kid personally, and heck, I doubt he lived near me at all.
I saw that the videos were on YouTube, however I didn't watch them. In my mind, I was like, 'Oh great.' For some reason, I had a predisposition of the videos and I didn't really want to see them. I didn't know what to think of them, but I never bothered to watch them. I never noticed it but looking back, I never watched them because something about them irked me.
I say I could have done something because for all I know, this kid had a 50/50 chance of going to heaven or hell. I don't know where he is. I could have prayed. Prayed that God would send some workers and tell him about the Good News. I also could have done something about his heart, too. Not directly, of course, but to my knowledge, not very many Christians believe that healing is in Jesus' atonement. While this isn't as important with the message I'm trying to get across, it's on my heart.
Before I end this post, I'd like to say that I'm not focusing on it or worrying about it to the point that I'd be freaking out or something. I'm pretty much all good now. I just wanted to spare someone the pain that goes along with learning this lesson the hard (or at least a hard) way.
. God bless. -Nichole