Then,
as we traveled home after the funeral, we stopped on
Interstate 80. As I sat on the guard rail looking down
the embankment where the accident took place, I realized
it was the very place I had admired for so many years,
and the peace I had asked the Lord for began..... He
brought to mind things that had taken place over the past
few years.
Unfortunately, we had taught our children a lot of
religion (do's and don'ts) but we did not show them much
of the love of the Lord or teach them how to have a
personal relationship with him. Our son saw we did not
live what we preached and it turned him off. He left home
as a teenager and for several years, we had little
contact with him. He went through rough times, bad
relationships, etc.
In 1995 he married a wonderful girl who loves the Lord.
His life began to turn around. We grew very close and
became good friends, not just parents and son. The Lord
gave us the chance to ask our son to forgive the mistakes
we made in the past and to make a fresh start.
About a year before this, his truck rolled over coming
off an exit ramp. He walked away without a scratch. He
told us then he KNEW
the Lord was with him.
YOU SEE, he
had asked the Lord into his heart at an early age. The
verse in Hebrews 13:5 which says "I
will never leave thee or forsake thee" really
is true. Although Grinch left the Lord to live his own
way, the Lord never left him. He had been watching over
Grinch all those years waiting for him to put control of
his life back in God's hands.
So, why now that his life was coming together would it be
taken away? We do not know.
However, we do know this. THE
PROMISES OF GOD ARE TRUE. Grinch is
with the Lord and we will see him again!
Why
are we telling you all this?
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Because
we truly believe that the only purpose for being on this
earth is to worship and bring glory to God.
If one person comes to know the Lord from Grinch's story
or this web page, then he has served the purpose God
intended for him on this earth, even through his death.
We
want each and every driver to have the same peace and
assurance that Grinch had when they reach the end of
life's highway.
 
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