When your time on earth is finished.

  My heart has been very heavily saddened by the deaths of everyone in Concord & Pleasant Grove. Some people I only knew by other friends, and some I met personally. All my family are alive and doing well, Glory be to my Lord Jesus Christ!  There have been so many stories surrounding deaths. Stories telling details of how some people were killed. People have witnessed things that I would never wish on an enemy (if I had enemies). 

With the recent events surrounding the tornado that hit my hometown communities,  I have come to a dark, unpleasant realization. Had I not been saved, brought back to my family in bessemer, where could I have been when this tornado hit? There is a very possible chance I could have been in Dora, or Empire, or Sipsey. I very well could have died had I been in a place that I shouldn't have ever been to.


Have you ever seen the movie "Joe Dirt"? When thinking about that movie many people refer back to a famous quote he said many times through out the movie. "Is this where you want to be when Jesus comes back?"

 Thinking back on how I lived my life between October 14th 2010 and Feb 8th 2011, im ashamed and amazed at the same time. I am so very lucky that Jesus hasn't came back yet. I would never want anyone I know that loves me to physically see me doing the things I was doing. I have said over and over that I never did any of the drugs other than smoke pot at the end, but I was fully aware that drugs were hiding in my bedroom, at times underneath my clothes or in the pockets of D & his friends while riding wth me in my car. The places I went, the people I was interacting with, omg, there is no way I would have anyone I love to witness these actions,  much less to have Jesus come back while I was there.

This gets me thinking, Im sure other people can relate. Im positive I have seen church members in the very same bars & night clubs that I have been in. Im not aware that they noticed me, but I noticed them, all the same Jesus knows everything we do. We can hide from the preacher, and even to some extent hide what we do from the people we love but we can never hide our actions & behaviors from God.

Does anyone really rationally think to themselves, "OMG, this isnt how I want God to see me when he decideds to send Jesus to take all christians back to heaven with him!"? I doubt it. When we make bad choices, when we have bad habits, when our behavior changes we are never thinking of our consiquenses. We are thinking of ourselves and what sort of happiness we can get from the particular situation.  The recent Tornado that destroyed much of Alabama has brought forth this uneasy reality of "you never know when your time on earth is over".

 There is a probability that when the tornado hit Tuscaloosa, Brookwood, Concord, Pleasant Grove, McDonald's chapel, pratt city and so on, there is a chance that some people were not in places they were suppose to be, many could have been lying about where they were. I can't imagine how my family would have felt if I had been killed while living in Empire. If I had been in a car wreck, or been shot. I can't imagine the story being told that had I not been in a place I knew I wasn't suppose to be that I wouldn't have died. The fact that I took my kids around this area. Jamie was so upset by the thought that I would have my children around drug addicts and drug dealers. He was so afraid that something bad could happen to them while in my care. He has every right to be afraid, to have this fear is reality. If my kids and I would have been in Empire while this tornado hit and we were killed it would cause such grief for my entire family and his.

You should look at your life, the way you live everyday and know in your heart that you are living in a way that pleases God. You should be able to say that your actions on a daily basis are pleasing to him. You should be able to say from the bottom of your heart that if right now in this very moment you were to die that you are in a good place and you wouldnt have shame or regret. We should all live to please God. We should always think about our actions, our words, our behaviors and ask ourselves, Is this where you want to be when Jesus comes back?

I can't change my past actions, my past mistakes, or choices I made. All I can change is what I plan to do in my future. I have shame, regret, sorrow, understanding and consiquenses for my actions. I know NOW what not to do. I know where I have been I will never go there again.

I have learned from my mistakes. Im just lucky and blessed to serve a God that loves me enough to bring me back to where I was suppose to be in the first place.Other people may not get the opportunity to be so lucky.   There are some people out there, maybe yourself that are doing bad things or going places you shouldnt go, telling lies and being decietfull.

I hope that you realize what your doing could have major consiquences. You never know what they will be untill its too late. 

ARE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE WHEN JESUS COMES BACK?

Something, you should take time to think about.