Danny

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Over Easter weekend my family received a call from our church telling us our pastor, who was in the hospital was getting worse. My entire family headed out to the hospital to see him. We walked down the hall and entered his room. I had known he was ill, but it didn’t really hit me until I saw him struggling for every breath. I could barely keep from crying as we left his room. We said good bye to his family and walked out the hospital doors. We all knew he didn’t have much time left. As I thought about why this would happen I remembered our Easter message, not to ask why but for what purpose? For what purpose had God put my pastor in the hospital. I had to really think about it. The problem is we ask why, and asking why is almost like were doubting God. We need to ask what is God’s purpose so we can understand what he is doing. As I looked at what I had been doing all this week I realized God’s purpose for me. This moment had pushed me to take action for Christ. Suddenly things I had put off took a dominate role in my life. Even though it is a horrible experience it is for a good purpose. It has made me continue a piece I hope to share soon. As it says in Romans 8:28 God works all things for good. I may not know God's reason for taking our pastor but I know his purpose for my life. Still even with an uncertain future I could relax knowing God has a purpose.======

-Ethan
1. The first part of story is too much of a "story telling" for me. For example, when you talk about the whole actions from receiving the phone call to saying good bye, it sounds like you are just listing a bunch of things you did. 2. I like the fact that you developed the "Easter Message" part more, but it still seems kind of vague to me how "for what purpose" changed the situation so much. Was it your attitude simply? do you think you KNOW "for what purpose" now? or is it just that you realize the fact that God did it for A PURPOSE ? 3. "As I looked at what I had been doing all this week I realized God’s purpose for me. This moment had pushed me to take action for Christ." this seems too vague to me. I think it will be a lot stronger piece of you develop that sentence more and that idea more also ! :] p.s. Thank you so much for writing a testimony though! (i'm not picking on you with all those comments hehe. i'm just not an "easy editor" kinda person ;]
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 * Danny**: Thank you for posting this for me! i just got a few suggestions!

I don't want to change the begining, but I did my best with the rest.-Ethan I like this the way it is, I don't want to chage it-Ethan