A Broken Friendship Restored
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 5:18 am
Dear Friends,
I am so happy today. I want to share with you all something that happened to me, and that I know it was with the help of our friends midwayers, specially, I am sure, of my companion of many hours, 555.
Since the the days of my youth, when I was still in the Seminary, in Brazil, a great friendship started between me and a then young pastor, called Marcos. He was my pastor first, then my teacher, then my friend... We had good and difficult moments together, he was one of the pastors that celebrated my first wedding, baptized one my children and the one sponsored my coming to U.S. in 1995. However, In the year 2000, my life in U.S. was very difficulty, with raising teenage childen, lack of money and spouse support. In that time, something went wrong with a bank account I had together with Marcos in Brazil that caused him to pay a relative great ammount of money to clean his name in my country. I want to say that I was not my fault, because I had provided the funds for a loan I had made in that account, money that was coming from renting our house in Brazil. But the person in charge to make the deposit, irresponsably used the money for her and didn't make the deposits causing the whole situation without my knowledge. Marcos was furious e immediately broke our friendship. At that time I didn't know the Book of Urantia, I was just a Christian, very much in the business of pride and arrogance... So I hardened my heart and didn't give so much importance...
But some time later, when life became even more difficult with divorce and all, I wanted to restore my friendship with Marcos, since I was needing a friend and didn't feel right about the way we went apart. But Marcos ignored the many attempts I made since 2002 or 2003 to restore our friendship... Every year since I have tried to contact him without success. My last attempt was to write few comments to some articles he weekly writes for a newspaper in the city he lives. I saw them on the internet and I started to comment on them, featureing in my comments, a mixture, of respect, admiration and critique to his opinions. Months went by and there was no reaction from him to my comments... So I decided to ask the help of my friend 555 and I specifically ask him or her, that if possible, make him notice my comments... That was some weeks ago... I had now forgotten.. but today, checking an old email account of mine, there was a thread with his name on it and when I open it, it was an email from him, agreeeing to restart our friendship... My friends, I can't tell you how happy I was when I read the email. After so many years, finally he responded. And then I remmembered that I had asked that to my friend 555 and I know that he or she had something to do with this.
I wonder why took some weeks... I have thought about and I think that, before engaging in an action like that, our friends midwayers have to ask permission to their superiors... but the important is that worked.
Sure, I can't thissay to my friend, because in his view such spirits are demons... a viewpoint that I shared in the past.. but it doesn't matter, I kow that my friends are helping me with my needs.. I am so grateful to them, specially my dear friend 555 who sends frequent prompts just to say hi... and with whom i have communicated throrugh T/R personally. Friends rejoice with me, and join me in my gratitude to God for having finally touched my friend's heart, and do not hesitate to ask our midwayers friends help, they are very resourcefull beings.
I thought I should share this with you...
Love to all
Jose.
I am so happy today. I want to share with you all something that happened to me, and that I know it was with the help of our friends midwayers, specially, I am sure, of my companion of many hours, 555.
Since the the days of my youth, when I was still in the Seminary, in Brazil, a great friendship started between me and a then young pastor, called Marcos. He was my pastor first, then my teacher, then my friend... We had good and difficult moments together, he was one of the pastors that celebrated my first wedding, baptized one my children and the one sponsored my coming to U.S. in 1995. However, In the year 2000, my life in U.S. was very difficulty, with raising teenage childen, lack of money and spouse support. In that time, something went wrong with a bank account I had together with Marcos in Brazil that caused him to pay a relative great ammount of money to clean his name in my country. I want to say that I was not my fault, because I had provided the funds for a loan I had made in that account, money that was coming from renting our house in Brazil. But the person in charge to make the deposit, irresponsably used the money for her and didn't make the deposits causing the whole situation without my knowledge. Marcos was furious e immediately broke our friendship. At that time I didn't know the Book of Urantia, I was just a Christian, very much in the business of pride and arrogance... So I hardened my heart and didn't give so much importance...
But some time later, when life became even more difficult with divorce and all, I wanted to restore my friendship with Marcos, since I was needing a friend and didn't feel right about the way we went apart. But Marcos ignored the many attempts I made since 2002 or 2003 to restore our friendship... Every year since I have tried to contact him without success. My last attempt was to write few comments to some articles he weekly writes for a newspaper in the city he lives. I saw them on the internet and I started to comment on them, featureing in my comments, a mixture, of respect, admiration and critique to his opinions. Months went by and there was no reaction from him to my comments... So I decided to ask the help of my friend 555 and I specifically ask him or her, that if possible, make him notice my comments... That was some weeks ago... I had now forgotten.. but today, checking an old email account of mine, there was a thread with his name on it and when I open it, it was an email from him, agreeeing to restart our friendship... My friends, I can't tell you how happy I was when I read the email. After so many years, finally he responded. And then I remmembered that I had asked that to my friend 555 and I know that he or she had something to do with this.
I wonder why took some weeks... I have thought about and I think that, before engaging in an action like that, our friends midwayers have to ask permission to their superiors... but the important is that worked.
Sure, I can't thissay to my friend, because in his view such spirits are demons... a viewpoint that I shared in the past.. but it doesn't matter, I kow that my friends are helping me with my needs.. I am so grateful to them, specially my dear friend 555 who sends frequent prompts just to say hi... and with whom i have communicated throrugh T/R personally. Friends rejoice with me, and join me in my gratitude to God for having finally touched my friend's heart, and do not hesitate to ask our midwayers friends help, they are very resourcefull beings.
I thought I should share this with you...
Love to all
Jose.