Wrg1405
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Bear with me on this one.
I had a really bad childhood. My mum got pregnant with me out of wedlock which was very shameful for a Muslim family. I never knew my father, only a few memories and they are not pleasant. Him going to hit my mum and misses and hits me then the police breaking in to our flat and beating him to a pulp. The next memory is my step dad beating him to a pulp as well.
My mum and step dad made it quite clear that they did not love me either.
The only shining light I have from my early years was my step grandad Davy, although to me he was my grandad. He loved me so much, he took me to football matches, he hugged me when saw each other.
Anyway I moved away and did not see him for a while. I got a call from a hospital one day saying that he was very poorly. I have no idea how he got my number. Anyway I spoke to him and said I would come and visit. He pleaded for me not to. He just wanted to say hello.
I talked to my mum and asked her to keep me informed. One day I got a phone call from my mum. She told me grandad Davy had died. I asked when, she said "Two weeks ago and he has been buried"
I was shattered to say the least. I was so angry, I wanted to go to grandad Davy hold his hand and say "I want to spend eternity with you and we can if you accept Jesus"
To me the chance was missed, I carried that for a long long while. I cried a lot. I would be sat there on my sofa and just cry because I would not see him anymore.
One night I just broke down and my beautiful wife asked what was going on. So I explained.
She said to me "Let's pray for him now" I said what's the point he is in hell. She said God works out of time as we know it, let's pray now and allow God to work in his time as such. Let's pray now the prayer you wanted to pray and ask God to answer it.
This concept baffled me but I prayed and I must say it was a prayer full of pain and tears.
I do now beleive that God can answer prayer in our time constraints within his time.
Whats your thoughts.
I had a really bad childhood. My mum got pregnant with me out of wedlock which was very shameful for a Muslim family. I never knew my father, only a few memories and they are not pleasant. Him going to hit my mum and misses and hits me then the police breaking in to our flat and beating him to a pulp. The next memory is my step dad beating him to a pulp as well.
My mum and step dad made it quite clear that they did not love me either.
The only shining light I have from my early years was my step grandad Davy, although to me he was my grandad. He loved me so much, he took me to football matches, he hugged me when saw each other.
Anyway I moved away and did not see him for a while. I got a call from a hospital one day saying that he was very poorly. I have no idea how he got my number. Anyway I spoke to him and said I would come and visit. He pleaded for me not to. He just wanted to say hello.
I talked to my mum and asked her to keep me informed. One day I got a phone call from my mum. She told me grandad Davy had died. I asked when, she said "Two weeks ago and he has been buried"
I was shattered to say the least. I was so angry, I wanted to go to grandad Davy hold his hand and say "I want to spend eternity with you and we can if you accept Jesus"
To me the chance was missed, I carried that for a long long while. I cried a lot. I would be sat there on my sofa and just cry because I would not see him anymore.
One night I just broke down and my beautiful wife asked what was going on. So I explained.
She said to me "Let's pray for him now" I said what's the point he is in hell. She said God works out of time as we know it, let's pray now and allow God to work in his time as such. Let's pray now the prayer you wanted to pray and ask God to answer it.
This concept baffled me but I prayed and I must say it was a prayer full of pain and tears.
I do now beleive that God can answer prayer in our time constraints within his time.
Whats your thoughts.
