Important thing I learned....

The most important thing I learned was how much choices are important in what we do. Our most important choice is who shall we follow. This choice affects how we live each and every day of our lives. The next choice we make is do we allow God to rule each and everyone of those days we have. The third choice we make is the little ones that we think are insignificant. Jesse made some of those choices that Weds. One of those choices was to say "I love you Dad" right before he left to go into town. The second choice was the route he was going to take to go into town. Instead of turning right and going toward 101 to go into town, he turned left and headed toward 199. This choice led him to his death even though he did not realize it. Less than five minutes later of that choice, he hit some gravel that caused his car to go out of control. He tried to correct the car but ended up spinning twice before the passanger side of the car smacked hard into the tree snapping his neck killing him instantly. This all happened in less than 15 minutes of saying "I love you Dad".

If Jesse had known this was going to happen that morning, he would have made those exact same choices. I can picture Jesse standing before Christ and making an important choice that cuased this to happen. Christ asked Jesse if he would like to live or die. Jesse made the choice to die, so that his life and death could be used to bring people to know his Savior. From his death, at least deven people came to know Christ. I can picture Jesse in Heaven dancing, rejoicing, partying. teasing, and encouraging those here on earth. I can still hear Jesse every once in a while.

Jesse won the ultimate prize. He won the words, "Well done my good and faithful servant." This has caused me to really think. Will I hear these words? When I die, will people remember me as someone who loved life and whose Saviour was evident in my life. Jesse was remembered for those things. And I want to be remembered this way. The way I view life has changed. I now try to live each day to its fullest and I try to accomplish my goal of hearing, "Well done my good and faithful servant."

Even though Jesse was only 16 years old, he became a hero to me. His death has had a huge impact on my life. I only wish that I knew this before he died and could tell him that.

You never know when you or a friend is going to die. So make good use of the each and every day you have.

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They were expecting about 700 people, but there were over 800. When the service began, I was not composed at all. I could not control myself, but as the service continued, I was able to control myself. Jesse's life taught me a lot, but I did not realize it until this moment. Jesse was like another little brother to me because of the time he spent at out house before I left for school. I have known him for about 9 years. Throughout those 9 years, he constantly teased me. He slowly began to draw me out of my shell to help me to be the person I am today.

Jesse loved life. He lived each day to its fullest. His love for Christ was evident each day of his life. He was always happy and pulling pranks. During the service, some balloons popped. This is just like Jesse, during a serious moment, he would do something to make people laugh and relieve the seriousness.

Ill continue later with the most important thing I learned. I have to go to class...

more to come....

I wrote this in class the other day. I am going to be breaking it up into sections because its long.

During the first week of class, I had an unexpected event in my life. The day seemed to be normal until that afternoon. I received a phone call from my mom. This phone call put me on the edge because mom does not call during the school week. I thought my grandfather was in the hospital again for his heart. But that was not so. What came next was a big surprised. I heard the words, "Jesse was in a car accident." When I asked how he was, I heard the dreadful response, "He is no longer here." In other words, Jesse died in that car accident.

This caused be to be in shock. I could not believe that this happened. I began to question God. Why did God allow him to die. He was only 16 years olf and had his whole life ahead of him. I grew to be angry at God. I could not understand why and I was asking questions that were receiving no answers. The next day I had to make the decision of should I go home for the funeral or not. After talking to my parents and some friends, I decided to go home. The decision caused my three-day weekend to be one of stress and work. I had to get all my homework done by Tuesday to turn in on that day. Our faculty is wonderful. They have helped through this time. Ths in one of the many blessings I have seen during this time. The funeral was Thursday, Jan 22.


to be continued....

I will post about the funeral when I have time. Just thought I would let everyone now that I am back on campus now playing the catch up game. Anyways, I found this email today. This was a forward and I do not know where it came from but it is interesting...

As you walk up the steps to the Capitol Building which houses the
Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the
world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is
facing forward with a full frontal view - it is Moses and the Ten
Commandments! As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak
doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each
door. As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right
above where the Supreme Court judges sit, a display of the Ten
Commandments!
There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings
and Monuments in Washington, D.C.
James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our
Constitution" made the following statement "We have staked the whole of
all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for
self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern
ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the
Ten Commandments of God."
Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said, "It
cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation
was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions
but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".
Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose
salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the
established orthodox churches in the colonies.
Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority
and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law....an
oligarchy....the rule of few over many. The very first Supreme Court
Justice, John Jay, said, "Americans should select and prefer Christians
as their rulers."
How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for
220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?
Please forward this to everyone you can. Lets put it around the world
and let the world see what this country was built on.
'IN GOD WE TRUST