8 Like the living Christ, I am alive. Look at what God has done. My life has twice been spared. Jesus has done this great thing for me. He has shown me his suffering, mercy, grace, wisdom, eternity. In suffering I learned of the son. In forgiveness I learned of the Father, and in death I learned of the Holy Ghost. Jesus is the one true God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

9 Many men prayed for me while I was ill. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists. God answers prayers. No man, no religion, has a monopoly on suffering and kindness. Some will say this is blasphemy. Who are they to tell Jesus about suffering and forgiveness. God is the king of kings. There is no God, but God, and Jesus the Christ is his Son.

Do not fear. Do not be afraid to learn of your brothers in religion. Man seeks eternal truth. Man seeks the love of God. Come let us talk this over! says the Lord; no matter how deep the stain of your sins; I can take it out and make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. All life has value, every man can and does make a difference. God has not forgotten man, and will not leave his followers behind.

10 Criticism of others, whether Christian, Jew or Muslim is the poison of the soul. Knowledge can be the kingdom, but knowledge can also be the poisonous sin. The sin of pride. Like money it destroys. What problem did money ever solve. Money will not fix people, only things. Money cannot fix a broken heart, or loneliness. What problem did pride ever repair. But knowledge, provides understanding. Understanding provides love, and love solves all problems.

11 Like Christ, man must treat everyone with equal dignity - master or slave. Man rushes to the call of his master, and ignores his slave. After all, his master pays his wage. But, Christ died for everyone sins. Not just the master's, but the slave's as well. I am God's slave, and he is my master.

12 Do not be afraid to die. Man fears the sick and dying because he sees his own mortality. But, God sees the suffering, and sees the Son. Those who suffer show sincerity in the presence of the Lord. The suffering are close to God, but the opportunity for temptation is great. Those who suffer are desperate; desperate for God's healing, His mercy, His forgiveness, His love. Desperate to end the suffering. Beware of the temptation of ingratitude in suffering!

13 For years I was a destructive force in this world. Perhaps, man's suffering and weakness reveals how truly great God is even when man is not a faithful child.

God made man. Man rejected God. God will not give up until he wins man back. God will whisper. He will shout. He will touch and tug. He will take away man's burdens; He will take away man's blessings. If there are a thousand steps between God and man, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for man. This is because the Lord loves man so much that He wishes man to have the choice to come to Him. The choice of piety or sinfulness. God's goal is not to make man happy, his goal is to make man his. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. It is a world without end. God's love shall survive the stars burning out of the heavens.

God wants man to have the choice of compassion. Just like Christ wandering through the streets of the ignored, sick,
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