In 1980, in Toledo, Ohio, I was the lead singer for
the rock band Pyramid and was returning
from a club performance. Having passed out at the wheel, my
vehicle headed over the guardrail off an I-75 overpass.
Providentially, an Ohio state highway patrolman
witnessed the scene and said it was as if the hand of God
reached down and put your car back on the
road.
I knew in my heart that God literally
reached down and intervened, saving my life. Not
knowing why God would even bother to save me in the midst of
my hell-bound waywardness; I sought answers from a devote
born-again Christian, the mother of one of my band
mates.
Thinking I was high, she gave
me a tract called, Four
Spiritual Laws and sent me away.
However, after reading it, my life was transformed from
Rock n Roll rages to Rock of Ages praises! I was raised and
schooled Roman Catholic, but this was an encounter with God
that set me off on a life long spiritual
journey. I was
a 17 year old boy, spiraling down hill fast, with no hope of
seeing the ripe old age of 21, and worse yet, no desire too!
However, God had a plan for my
life!
I
went on to seminary and ministerial ordination, and have
served as a church pastor, a hospital chaplain, and denominational
Prayer Ministries Coordinator with the Gulf States
Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, and most recently as
the Biblical Prayer Ministries Coordinator with the Mobile
Baptist Association.
Today,
I serve on the pastoral care staff as a part-time
chaplain with Providence
Hospital.
Perhaps
you have not yet discovered God's plan for your life?
Friend, God does have a purpose for you. You may not feel
like it, but know this - feeling is like a cabose! A
locomotive doesn't need a cabose to get to its destination.
And God does have a destination for
you!
In 1980, in Toledo, Ohio, I was the lead singer for
the rock band Pyramid and was returning
from a club performance. Having passed out at the wheel, my
vehicle headed over the guardrail off an I-75 overpass.
Providentially, an Ohio state highway patrolman
witnessed the scene and said it was as if the hand of God
reached down and put your car back on the
road.
