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j g bellettThe Moral Glories of Our Lord -  A devotion regarding the Moral Glory in the character of the Lord Jesus.  All of his life went up to God as a sacrifice of sweet savour. Every expression of Himself in every measure, however small, and in whatever relationship it was rendered, was incense to his father.  Whatever Adam lacked, the Lord fulfilled completely in his perfect life.  J G Bellett was a brother from the United Kingdeom who wrote his works in the 1800's. 
Fernando Medina - Silver Springs, Maryland Print E-mail
Fernando MedinaA simple drawing on a piece of paper unexpectedly changed the direction of my life.   

I was born and grew up in Mexico.  Every day after school, my job was to take care of some cows that my family owned.  On one occasion, I arrived home took the cows grazing along the side of the road.  There was usually was a lot of garbage, paper, plastic and even a few dead animals that people had thrown as they drove by.  When I sat down under a tree I noticed an old discolored paper.  

I was studying graphic arts in school so I was always looking for a reason to draw portraits and landscapes.  The paper was faded because of the rain and sun.  What I noticed was not what the paper said, but the drawing it had.  It was something that I could draw for my graphics art class.  I couldn’t read everything it said because the letters were so faded but the drawing was very clear.  The only thing I could read was “Free Bible Class” Emmaus Bible School and their address.

We were a very catholic family. I was born the seventh of eight children.  It was a strict practice to always go to mass which I liked very much because I started playing the guitar in the church with the chorus.  Once in a while I was allowed to collect the offering.  I felt really good because of the confidence that the priest showed in me.  Once in a while, the priest would take me for a ride in his car to visit a few of my friends in Zamora.  It was then I was able to ask a few questions to the priest.  He had difficulty answering questions such as “Is there life after death?”Faded Paper Jesus on the cross

I wrote to the Emmaus Bible School address that was printed on the paper and received a free Bible, a study guide and a final exam.  The gospel of John was the part of the study that made me realize that there is life after death and that there is a real Hell.  Now I finally had the answers to the questions that my priest was not able to answer well.

Later another day when I was doing my homework I couldn’t concentrate very well.  The thought came to my mind that Christ paid for my sins.  I knew that he died for sinners, and that included me.  While lying in my bed, I put my notebooks to one side and closed my eyes.  I thanked my Lord for having paid for my sins.  I never did draw the picture on the paper but I was saved!

I was the only Christian in my world of Catholic friends.  They thought I was crazy.  They ignored me in their conversations.  I stopped going to the mass.  I found a charismatic Christian church where I was baptized.  However, all the yelling, crying and jumping around at the church services made me very uncomfortable.  

It wasn’t until 1991 when I met two men named David Alves and Paul Thiessen, who like Pricilla and Aquila (Acts 18) taught me the doctrines of the Bible more clearly.

Now I am married to Guillermina who also was saved sometime later.  I have three children: Ferdinando (9) Emmanuel (12) y Fernando (15) who also is saved.


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