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12 BEST MOTORCYCLE ROADS IN AMERICA... 12 BEST MOTORCYCLE ROADS IN AMERICA... ...PART 1 and PART 2 WERE Featured in prEVIOUS editions of Wheels of Grace Magazine Order your copy of Wheels Of Grace magazine by logging on to www.WheelsOfGrace.com and clicking on the GET THE MAG tab or call (951) 777-0503 Parts 1 and 2 were featured in our previous editionS and included: Tail of the Dragon (Tennessee) Cherohala Skyway (Tennessee and North Carolina) Twisted Sisters (Texas) Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia and North Carolina) Beartooth Highway (Montana and Wyoming) Pacific Coast Highway (California) Skyline Drive (Georgia) Pig Trail Scenic Byway (Arkansas) www.WheelOfGrace.com Ride for Him, It's a different kind of ride. WheelsOfGrace.com Volume 8 Issue 5 27 The Bitter One Turned HELLFIGHTER Edward Black For more information on the ministry go to: www.hellfighters.org M/M M y d a d w a s a B a p tis t P r e a c h e r , W W I I v e t, a n d fo r m e r c o w b o y fr o m W e s t T e x a s , a n d m y m o m w a s a B ib le te a c h e r . T h e y w e r e th e r e a l d e a l w h e n it c a m e to b e lie v in g a n d liv in g th e ir C h ris tia n fa ith . M ir a c le s w e r e c o m m o n in o u r h o m e a s w a s th e ta n g ib le p r e s e n c e o f G o d . A t th e a g e o f 5 , I m e t J e s u s p e r s o n a lly a n d c a m e to k n o w H im a s m y S a v io r a n d L o r d . A t th e a g e o f 8 , G o d c a lle d m e to s p e c ia l s e r v ic e fo r H im , b u t I s a id , " N o ." T h e n I w a n d e re d fro m H im , a fr a id H e w o u ld a s k a g a in . E v e n tu a lly , I fo u n d m y s e lf in b o n d a g e to s in a n d h e a d e d fo r a p re m a tu re d e a th . In H ig h S c h o o l I r a n w ith a r o w d y c r o w d , o f w h o m m a n y w o u ld e v e n tu a lly e n d u p d e a d o r in p ris o n . I k n e w m y tim e w a s c o m in g a n d d e c id e d to c h a n g e m y w a y s , b u t I c o u ld n o t c h a n g e . I w a s d riv e n b y lu s t a n d b itte rn e s s , a n d a v io le n t, v e n g e fu l a n d m u r d e r o u s s p ir it. T h e p o lic e to ld m y d a d h e n e e d e d to g e t h o ld o f m e if h e w a n te d to s a v e m e fro m a b a d e n d . H e tr ie d ! I r e m e m b e r w a k in g e a rly in th e m o rn in g a n d h e a rin g d a d c a llin g o u t m y n a m e in p r a y e r a n d b e g g in g G o d to h a v e m e r c y o n m e . I w a s a s h a m e d fo r c a u s in g h im s o m u c h p a in , b u t I c o u ld n o t s to p . I w a s a p ris o n e r o f s in . A t 2 3 , s ic k , tire d , a n d p r e fe r r in g d e a th to th e life I w a s liv in g , I g a v e u p . I fe ll o n m y fa c e in d e s p e ra tio n a n d a s k e d G o d to k ill m e . I d id n ' t a s k th a t lig h tly . I k n e w b e tte r th a n to te m p t G o d b y a s k in g fo r s o m e th in g I w a s n 't re a l a b o u t. I w a s ju s t a m e s s u p . I c o u ld n ' t q u it n o m a tte r h o w h a rd I trie d , a n d I w a s tire d o f try in g . W h a t h a p p e n e d n e x t is h a r d to e x p la in , b u t s im p ly p u t, I m e t G o d fa c e to fa c e . I s a w J e s u s s ittin g a t th e rig h t h a n d o f th e F a th e r in m a je s ty a n d g lo ry . I fe lt d ir ty , a s h a m e d a n d a fr a id , b u t H e a s s u re d m e H e d id n 't w a n t to k ill m e , b u t to fre e m e . H e w a s h e d m y s in s a w a y , a n d fo r th e fir s t tim e in y e a r s I fe lt c le a n a n d fre e . A lo a d w a s lifte d ; m y a d d ic tio n to s in w a s g o n e . T h e n G o d s a id , " W h o w ill I s e n d to te ll o th e r s a b o u t m e , a n d w h o w ill g o fo r M e ? " I s a id , " I w ill." I'v e b e e n fo llo w in g H im e v e r s in c e . A s fa r a s I ' m c o n c e r n e d , I d ie d th a t d a y . N o w I liv e to d o G o d 's w ill a n d to te ll fo lk s it's n o t G o d 's w ill th a t a n y p e ris h b u t th a t a ll c o m e to r e p e n ta n c e . T h a t H e d o e s n o t w is h to d e s tro y life , b u t ra th e r, to g iv e life to e v e ry o n e w h o w ill b e lie v e o n H im a n d c o n fe s s J e s u s C h r is t a s th e ir L o rd a n d S a v io r. T h e n th e y to o c a n e x p e rie n c e m e rc y , g r a c e , lo v e , a n d fr e e d o m fr o m s in ' s p o w e r a n d p e n a lty th ro u g h J e s u s C h ris t, G o d 's S o n w h o d ie d fo r o u r s in s a n d r o s e a g a in a n d w h o is s e a te d to d a y a t th e r ig h t h a n d o f th e F a th e r m a k in g in te rc e s s io n fo r s in n e rs ju s t lik e m e – if th e y s o c h o o s e .

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