TO MY BROTHER JASON...

This blog is dedicated to my brother Jason. He recently made a life choice to turn his life around. You see, just like many people in the world today, he was a suffering alcoholic. He reached a point in his life that it was sink or swim if he didn't make a decision to dry up. With the help the greatest Uncle a guy could ever ask for....Big Daddy Uncle Steve...Jason decided to clean up. He went to California, got himself some help, and has been sober for about 1 month now. People have no idea how much fortitude and guts it takes to clean your act up once you've hit bottom. In the past month, my brother has shown more guts than most people can comprehend. Imagine this...some people get addicted to coffee...some to sodas...some to cigarettes...some to TV shows...etc., etc., etc....the list goes on. Alcohol addiction is one of the most dangerous addictions in the world. Many great people have lost everything to alcohol. Many innocent people have died because someone made the choice to drive a car they had no business in. Alcohol is dangerous. Alcohol is one of the biggest deceptions and liars there ever was. It has the ability to convince people that..."everything is OK...it's peachy." They convince themselves that they don't have a problem...they got it....listen to this..."UNDER CONTROL." If I can speak plainly to those who feel they can abuse alcohol and remain in control...here's a news flash.....BULL CRAP! I don't care who gets mad...I speak truth on this topic. I used to drink. I never abused alcohol, but I made the choice to follow God all the days of my life. Do I think a drink can send someone to hell??? YES I DO! Do all drinkers go to hell? I don't believe that, but why take the chance. Anything that puts my faith to the test isn't worth having. The point I'm trying to make is this...many many people suffer from alcohol abuse. If you don't...you probably know somebody that does. Here's where I bring it home...as long as there's air in your lungs...you have a chance to turn over a new leaf in your life. GIVE IT TO GOD MY FRIENDS! My brother was at the lowest of lows...and he made a CHOICE to clean his act up. There's always a choice. Jason...brother...you made the right choice. I'm proud of you...I love you...and when you get back to Tennessee...I'm here for you when you find yourself struggling. My final thought for you brother is this...let's look at what Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 2. "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. (JASON LISTEN TO THIS PART) But God, because of his great love for us, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.