ON FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 2004, AT ABOUT 3:00PM CDT, MY LIFE WAS DRAMATICALLY CHANGED! IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPEARED! MY DAD AND I SAT ON THE FRONT PORCH AND WATCHED THE HEAVY RAINS, LIGHTNING, AND FELT THE STRONG WINDS, AND THE BOOMING THUNDER!!! I WAS SO CAPTURED BY THE THUNDERSTORM, THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO UNPLUG MY MSN/TV FROM THE PHONE LINE! WELL GUESS WHAT, YEP, THE STORM ZAPPED MY MSN/TV! AFTER IT THUNDERED LOUDER AND ACTUALLY ROCKED THE GROUND AND EVERYTHING AROUND US, DAD AND I BOTH SAID, "THAT IS THE LOUDEST AND LONGEST THUNDER THAT WE HAD "EVER" WITNESSED!" AND FOLKS, DAD IS 87 YEARS OLD, AND HAS HEARD IT THUNDER MANY TIMES IN HIS LIFETIME! YET DEAR OLE DAD SAID, "WOW, THAT IS THE STRONGEST, LOUDEST, MOST EARTH SHAKING THUNDER THAT HE HAD EVER WITNESSED"! IT WAS THEN THAT I SUDDENLY REMEBERED THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO UN-PLUG MY MSN/TV FROM THE PHONE LINE! I QUICKLY UNPLUGGED MY MSN/TV FROM THE PHONE LINE, AND SOON AFTER, THE STORM WAS OVER! AS I PLUGGED MY MSN/TV BACK INTO THE PHONE JACK, I TURNED THE MSN/TV ON TO RECONNECT TO THE INTERNET!!! QUESS WHAT, THE MSN/TV WOULD NOT RE CONNECT TO THE INTERNET! I TRIED EVERYTHING TO TRY TO MAKE THE CONNECTION! I EVEN CALLED MSN/TV COUSTOMER SERVICE FOR HELP!! AFTER AT LEAST 4 HOURS OF TRYING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RECONNECT TO THE INTERNET, I FINALLY REALIZED THAT "GOD" HAD ZAPPED MY MSN/TV!!!! I SO MUCH LOOKED FORWARD TO E-MAILING, SENDING E-GREETINGS, INSTANT MESSAGING, AND UPDATING MY WEB PAGE EVERY DAY! I SURE DID MISS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2-YEARS! WOW, I FELT THAT A VERY BIG PART OF ME WAS CRIPPLED! I'M UNDER HOME HEALTH CARE DUE TO A SMALL DECUBITUS ULCER ON MY BOTTOM! I CAN SET UP FOR TWO HOURS AT A TIME, BUT AM NOT ALLOWED TO GET OUT AND DRIVE MY VAN! SO CONFINED TO MY HOME, AND UNABLE TO GO GET A NEW MSN/TV, I CALLED MY BROTHER AND ASKED HIM IF HE COULD GO PICK ME UP A NEW MSN/TV ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY! MY BROTHER SAID THAT HE WOULD BE GLAD TO GO BUY ME ANOTHER MSN/TV ON MONDAY! NOW HERE IS WHEN I WAS PUT TO THE TEST BY "GOD". I WENT ALL EVENING AND ALL NIGHT ON FRIDAY AUG. 20, 2004 WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET! MAN, WAS I BORED AND SORELY MISSED BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET! SOOOOOO, WHAT DID I DO WITH MY EXTRA SPARE TIME NOW THAT I HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH MY MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY BY WAY OF THE INTERNET? WELL, HERE IS THE WHOLE HONEST TO GOSPEL TRUTH! AS I LAY IN BED FRIDAY EVENING, I THOUGHT, "OKAY, I AM A CHRISTIAN, I AM SOMEWHAT CONFINED TO MY HOSPITAL BED ON A TWO HOUR UP AND TWO HOUR IN BED HOME HEALTH CARE ORDER DUE TO MY DECUBITUS ULCER(Sore) ON MY BOTTOM...............SOOOOO, I THOUGHT OF THE MANY PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT HAVE TRULY TOUCHED MY LIFE AND HEART IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY!!! THEY ARE THE MANY FRIENDS, AND FAMILY, THAT I LOVE SOOOOOO VERY MUCH WAY BEFORE MSN/TV WAS EVEN INVENTED!!! AND THE PRECIOUS FRENDS AND FAMILY THAT I HAVE MET IN JUST THE LAST 4-YEARS BY WAY OF THE INTERNET!!! FOLKS, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, I HAD TIME TO REFLECT ON MY LIFE, MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, AND MOST OF ALL, "MY HEAVENLY FATHER"!!! HERE IS WHAT I DECEIDED! I ALLEN DISHMAN, STILL HAVE DIRECT AND 24 HOUR SEVEN DAY A WEEK FREE CONTACT WITH MY "GOD"...........SO I QUICKLY PICKED UP THE TV REMOTE CONTROL AND TURNED THE TV TO A GOOD CHRISTIAN PROGRAM!!!! AS I WAS VERY MUCH BLESSED WHILE WATCHING GOOD PROGRAMS ABOUT "JESUS", AND BEING IN THE WILL OF "GOD", I THEN PICKED UP A BOOK THAT A DEAR FRIEND HAD JUST RECENTLY SENT ME!!!!!! THE BOOK IS CALLED "HEALING PRAYERS!!! IT IS BASED ON THE BIBLE, WITH SCRIPTURES FROM THE BIBLE FOR DAILY PRAYERS, UPLIFTING, WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, AND LOVE !!!!!
SOOOOO, I READ MANY OF THE PRAYERS AND SCRIPTURES EVERY DAY MORNING AND NIGHT!! AS I READ THE BOOK OF "HEALING PRAYERS", I BEGAN TO PRAY AND THINK OF MY MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHOM I LOVE!!!! AND THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT AND PRAY FOR!! FOR YOU SEE, I CONSIDER ALL OF THE SPECIAL AND PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET ON THE INTENET AS NOT ONLY MY FRIEND, BUT AS PART OF MY FAMILY.............WOW! I THOUGHT, DEAR "GOD", YOU SURE HAVE BLESSED ME WITH SOOOOO MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS ON THE INTERNET!!
NOW, I HAD MORE TIME TO PRAY, MEDITATE(Think) AND MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS!!!! AS I READ "GOD's WORD MORE, AND PRAYED MORE, I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT MY MANY INTERNET FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WERE EVEN MORE PRECIOUS TO ME NOW!!!!!!! I LET "GOD" TAKE OVER, AND AS "HE" AND I TALKED, I BEGAN TO THANK HIM SOOOOO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT "HE" HAS GIVEN ME!!!! THE VERY SPECIAL INTERNET FAMILY THAT "GOD" HAS GIVEN ME, I CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH FOR NOW!!!! AT LEAST NOT BY WAY OF THE INTERNET!!!! BUT GUESS WHAT? "GOD" SAID, "HEY ALLEN, WHY NOT PRAY FOR ALL OF YOUR DEAR INTERNET FAMILY"?! "HE" SAID THEY JUST MAY SENSE AND FEEL YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE FOR THEM".............I SAID WOW! THANK'S SOOOOO VERY MUCH "DEAR LORD" FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME!!!!!!! SOOOOOO I PRAYED, AND EVEN WROTE NAMES OF MY INTERNET FAMILY DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER!!!! THIS WAS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AUG. 20, 2004, THE DAY THAT "GOD" ZAPPED MY MSN/TV!!!! YOU SEE FOLKS, I ALLEN DISHMAN, NEEDED A BREAK FROM THE INTERNET TO CLEAR MY THOUGHTS, MIND, SPIRIT, SOUL, AND EMOTIONS!!!!! SO THE NEXT DAY(SAT) I SPENT ALL DAY JUST BEING THANKFUL FOR WHAT "MY GOD" HAS GIVEN ME!!!! IT WAS A VERY GOOD AND PROSPERIOUS SATURDAY!!! SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS BROUGHT ME AND DAD FOOD, HOMEADE CAKE, AND DAD GOT US A VERY GOOD WATERMELLON!!! I THINK IT WAS THE BEST WATERMELLON THAT I'VE EVER HAD!!!! OKAY, NOW IT'S SUNDAY, AND "GOD" HAS LOANED ME A VERY PRETTY VAN EQUIPPED FOR A WHEELCHAIR, SOOOOOOO I WENT TO MY BROTHER'S CHURCH!!!!! I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GO VISIT HIS CHURCH FOR SEVERAL YEARS!!! AND NOW, "GOD" HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO DRIVE MYSELF TO CHURCH AND BE INDEPENDENT ONCE AGAIN!!!! TIHAT FELT SOOOOOO VERY GOOD!!! THE CHURCH WAS LARGE, HAD A FULL HOUSE, AND I HAD NEVER BEEN HUGGED, AND MADE FEEL SOOOO VERY WELCOME AND AT HOME, AS I DID AT MY BROTHERS CHURCH!!!!! AND FOLKS, YOU CAN FEEL, AND SENSE IF PEOPLE ARE FILLED WITH THE LOVING HOLY SPIRIT OF "GOD"..............AND LET ME TELL YOU, THE CHOIR, MUSICIANS, SINGERS, DIRECTOR, PASTOR, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND EVERYONE IN THAT CHURCH, MADE ME FEEL AS IF THEY LOVED AND NEEDED ME!!!!!!! WELL THE SERVICE WAS POSSIBLY THE BEST THAT I HAVE BEEN IN!!!! AND BELIEVE ME, I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF CHURCH SERVICES AND REVIVALS!!!! TO SUM IT ALL UP SIMPLY, "GOD" WAS THERE AND VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH HIS CHILDREN!!!!! DURING THE CHURCH SERVICE, I WROTE ON A NOTE THAT MY BROTHER HAD HANDED ME, THE NAMES OF SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT I WAS PRAYING FOR!!!!! WHEN I GOT HOME FROM CHURCH SUNDAY, MY DAD AND I HAD A VERY GOOD LUNCH, THANK'S TO OUR GOOD NEIGHBORS!!! THE REST OF SUNDAY WAS GREAT!!!! I RESTED SUNDAY NIGHT!!!! ON MONDAY, MY BROTHER RAN SOME ERRANDS FOR ME!!! ONE OF WHICH WAS BUYING ME A NEW RCA-MSN/TV !! I HOOKED IT UP MONDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 2:30PM AND NOW I WAS BACK ON LINE....! SOOOOO AS I HAD EXPERIENCED DURING THE 3-DAYS WIYHOUT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, "GOD" IS A GOOD "GOD"!!!!!
WITH OR WITHOUT THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!
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