This post is one that is a personal one but I feel that its something I need to share with all of you tonight. I hope that you will take a moment to read it through cause it is a long one. This is about my brother Ben. For those of you who may not know, we lost Ben at the age of 50 in July of 2012 to a massive heart attack. It completely devastated our family. Now let me go back some time ago.... Growing up my brother was in a gospel singing group with my mom and dad called The Toler Trio. He went every time the doors opened and everywhere they traveled singing the gospel. I have the tapes to this day of them. My mom and dad raised us all by taking us to church with them. That built a strong foundation and base of knowledge of the bible that Ben astoundingly knew that and he amazed me when he would speak of it. Anytime you would ride with him anywhere in the car he would always have enlighten on the Sirius XM. Ben, my mom and i used to sing amazing grace and old gospel hymns many nights just sitting around together. But the thing about Ben is he knew God was real, I know he loved God, he was never a bad person and never had a bad word to say about anyone, but he knew his heart wasnt right with God. Over the years Ben would talk to me about how he all of us needed to be in church and make things right with God but daily life and routines and all the ways that the enemy deceives and tricks a person about living their life for Christ just kept him from it. On that terrible night of Bens heart attack, he woke up with severe chest pain and within a matter of only minutes he had collapsed in the living room and his life was gone in the blink of eye. We took my mom out of the room he was in to not see this happening but just before she did she got down on her knees in the floor next to Ben and they held hands and prayed together. I dont know if he prayed the sinners prayer but in my heart I believe and I hope he did. I pray everyday he made things right with God that night. It is my only sense of comfort. Cause in the end, this life is just a journey through to a greater promise and an eternity with our savior. So the reason for this post is to let all of you know that if you arent right with God, youre not promised your next breath, life is short. I never realized how fragile life is and how fast it can be gone until we lost Ben so suddenly. I know Ben loved God and I know he would want me to share this with all of you so that you can think about making that choice to accept God. Dont take the chance of thinking you have time because you are not promised tomorrow. To all my family and friends who dont know God, I want to spend eternity with each and every of you. Too many people I know and love and are dear to my Heart that dont know God.... May this in some way help someone out there reading this to find their way to the light and salvation of Jesus Christ.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:52:16 +0000
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