Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00392)

I am writing the group to say hello. My name Robert Ray Clark. I began 
again recently and have begun to remember much and many doors have been opened to 
me. I have not read your group threads at all. I am certain that the books 
in my home that I study are truth. How do I know they are truth? Becasue when 
I was 21 years old I fell off of a roof 48 feet and knew that this was a good 
thing (about 3 weeks after it happened before that I was still coming out of 
whatever it was). I went back to the religion of my family which was Jehovahs 
Witnesses. I realized one thing about myself and that was the desire to 
please God and the only way I felt you could was to Love your God with your whole 
heart your whole soul your mind and your whole strength and your neighbor as 
yourself. That meant whole souled devotion I felt. It turned out I was right. 
I did not swear I did not watch rated r movies I poured my heart out to my 
God and prayed to him for everything I really did pour all my burdens on my 
God. When I went to the grocery store I asked what I should get to eat I asked 
what I should I get to drink? I was all-ways relying on my God for everything. 
If I needed to go somewhere I would talk to my God and tell him where I 
needed to go and what I needed to do (I felt at the time) and I noticed that 
everything in my life began to get really easy it was not even noticable if you 
were not looking (which I was'nt because I did not understand completely). 
Obviously there came a time when I noticed that all of my prayers were being 
answered because all of my prayers were being answered although I did not understand 
that completely at the time. What I can tell you is some pretty amazing 
things happened in my life and I mean amazing to the inth degree. I figured out 
how it all happened about 6 months ago. In march I turned 34 years old. When I 
was 21 22 I realized when I lost my "powers". I began to as the apostle paul 
mentioned divide myself and I relied less and less on my God and I felt it 
was because of the division and slowly I began to fall away. I wondered how it 
all happened and now today I know! However the most important thing this 
showed me is that it is not the religion that matters it is the devotion whole 
souled devotion to whatever you are going to do. I felt for years I have to go 
back to the JW organization because this is the only organization where your 
prayers are answered. Not true! 

Why is that so important to know for me? Because I had Gods blessing before 
and now that I have it again I know it is not the religion it is the devotion! 
What a relief and a blessing to know the truth and the truth shall set you 
free. 

Now you all know a very small part of me. One thing I do know is that you 
all know me for I am you and you are me. Have a great day today and please drop 
me a line I am interested in discussing much more with you all and expressing 
the deepest truths to all. Robert Ray Clark


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