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**shaolin-warrior** · 05-21-2008, 01:52 AM

Chris,
Good thread. I was also brought up in a Roman Catholic Church. My mother comes from Italy and My Fathers family comes from Germany. I am first generation American. I spent the first 14 years of my life in Catholic schools. Funny thing is, after all the sacraments, first communion, confirmation, I didn't have God in my life. I met my wife in the Air Force, I was A Staff Sgt., she was a Captain. I started going to her Church, it was Southern Baptist. I was in disbelief. Preacher screaming and jumping up and down, People shouting amen......It was like a Saturday Night Live Skit. We got out of the Air Force and moved to Connecticut where we began attending a Methodist Church. I liked it, the Christian fellowship was there, but still no God for me. I had started a small construction company and was to busy selling my soul for a buck to be thinking about God. Then my sister got cancer, sick for a couple of years, newly wed., two little kids, she knew God her whole life. She was strong, stonger than anyone I've ever met. I felt bad, but business was good for me. Money, cars, hot wife (spoiled, but hot).
I'd call her or visit, but my life went on, what the hell, I was busy spoiling my kids. Her church was fantastic....my wife and I started to go with my sister and her family because I wanted to spend more time with her. We felt like we found a home, and we had. My sister has since passed, we still attend St. Johns, and we've found God. He is an immense force in my life, he helped me to realize that the money and the toys were not mine. That He gave me resources and epected in return that I become a responsible steward of them. Spending wisely,living usefully, not excessively. I realized that I was put here for a greater purpose. So I got together a group of men, who are contractors and we fix the homes of the elderly or single parent family, we dont ask anything in return, we are silent witnesses of Gods love. Sometimes it is better to show someone that God works through the church, than to tell them. I had always said in the past " once you sell your soul to the devil, you cant get it back"' sure hope I was wrong.
Peace S.-W.

05-21-2008, 01:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
shaolin-warrior Premiere Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 417 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Chris, Good thread. I was also brought up in a Roman Catholic Church. My mother comes from Italy and My Fathers family comes from Germany. I am first generation American. I spent the first 14 years of my life in Catholic schools. Funny thing is, after all the sacraments, first communion, confirmation, I didn't have God in my life. I met my wife in the Air Force, I was A Staff Sgt., she was a Captain. I started going to her Church, it was Southern Baptist. I was in disbelief. Preacher screaming and jumping up and down, People shouting amen......It was like a Saturday Night Live Skit. We got out of the Air Force and moved to Connecticut where we began attending a Methodist Church. I liked it, the Christian fellowship was there, but still no God for me. I had started a small construction company and was to busy selling my soul for a buck to be thinking about God. Then my sister got cancer, sick for a couple of years, newly wed., two little kids, she knew God her whole life. She was strong, stonger than anyone I've ever met. I felt bad, but business was good for me. Money, cars, hot wife (spoiled, but hot). I'd call her or visit, but my life went on, what the hell, I was busy spoiling my kids. Her church was fantastic....my wife and I started to go with my sister and her family because I wanted to spend more time with her. We felt like we found a home, and we had. My sister has since passed, we still attend St. Johns, and we've found God. He is an immense force in my life, he helped me to realize that the money and the toys were not mine. That He gave me resources and epected in return that I become a responsible steward of them. Spending wisely,living usefully, not excessively. I realized that I was put here for a greater purpose. So I got together a group of men, who are contractors and we fix the homes of the elderly or single parent family, we dont ask anything in return, we are silent witnesses of Gods love. Sometimes it is better to show someone that God works through the church, than to tell them. I had always said in the past " once you sell your soul to the devil, you cant get it back"' sure hope I was wrong. Peace S.-W. __________________ Last edited by shaolin-warrior; 05-21-2008 at 01:55 AM.