Dirty Bathroom

This morning during the Men's study I shared something that I was asked to post here.

It was January of '03 and I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. I had just returned from visiting family and friends in Alabama. While I was on leave in 'bama' one of my friends had changed, she talked about Jesus all the time like she personally knew Him. She had a light in her that was very bright. I had called myself a christian, but her light shined on me so bight that I knew something was wrong with me. So I returned to the dorms in Okinawa and I started reading my bible...REALLY READING ME BIBLE. I had skimmed over a few random versus here and there but never really read and studied it.

Durning the first night of reading my bible I prayed and asked God to forgive me for all the bad things I had been doing. I went to my fridge and poured several bottles of alcohol down the drain. I threw away all my movies and my cd's.

All of the guys and girls would come by my room and realize I was no longer the #1 party stop. They thought it was wierd, and that I would come around sooner or later back to the old party life.

I commited my life to Jesus Christ. At first I read John, then I went back and read Matthew, Mark, luke, and then went to Genisis and read through 2 Kings. I was in Love with the Lord. Also I was sharing at work and asked the guys at work eventhough they had differnt beliefs and a couple were agnostic if they would like to come to a "non-belivers bible study" just to go over what the bible teaches.

I prayed for a week asking God to help give me insight on what to share.

Now it is Feb. and it has been a few weeks since I had retuned from leave. When I returned I noticed my bathroom light was out and I reported it to the dorm manager. It had been a few weeks since I had reported it and I had gotten used to not having a light in my bathroom. There was a little light that came from around the corner where my bed was at. It was still very dark. But I was now used to showering and using the toilet in the dark.

Well the "non-belivers bible study" was on thursday night after work at our shop. I had been praying for direction from the Lord on what to share. On wednesday, the day before I returned home from work to find that my bathroom light had been finally fixed. I was thrilled. I could actually see. It was awesome. Then I noticed something else...that place was FILTHY. I had know idea the filthy, dirty, disgusting mess I was living with. So I started to clean up the mess.

Then I realized what the Lord was showing me. John chapter 1.

Just as I had a mess in my life it took the Light of Jesus Christ for me to see my sin and to clean up my life.

Don't let yourself get comfortable in the darkness. Seek the Light and let it shine. Please don't hide your light. Others need it.

-Brent