Joe, this was beautifully written and thought provoking. A true message. Thank you for your kind words. I always tried to make you happy. We discussed your discontent many times. I could never understand how a loving family and jobs with COMPANIES (yes, plural) people would have given a limb for to be employed by, beautiful homes, cars, trucks, hobbies didn't make you happy. Now I understand. It wasn't your life that you were dissatisfied with it was yourself. I think you are like a little boy in a toy store who just wants everything and when he can't decide on a toy, leaves the store with nothing. I only wish we had all this understanding long ago. Don't you? Take care of yourself...I love you. Shannon
hi allan: it's your old friend, amy. i got your letter and i just dropped a reply in the mail. i haven't had a chance to read any of your blog posts yet, but i wanted to let you know that the address you gave me in your letter was wrong. i found you by googling you. :) anyway, i think the correct address for your blog is
http://betweenthebars.org/blogs/570/allan-lummus
once i've had a chance to read some of your blog entries i'll leave a more pertinent reply.
miss you, friend. hope to hear from you again soon.
hey its will. ya i wasnt trying to bring up the past i just think its good to keep any family in touch. an by the time you get this letter havens probably going to be born i will take pictures for you. an as for michael idk i dont talk to him. i remember don don an dina though. an ive talked to yours an dinas kid. he kinda looks like yash
This is a devastating piece of writing. The author has bared his soul in a readable style, and the reader can only marvel at his courage, while feeling sympathetic to his plight.
A tribute to the power of the written word. Keep it up, Allan.
The more you write, the less you become a whisper on anybody's lips. Keep sharing these honest, beautiful poems with us, your readers. Thank you for your inspiration.
I do believe, the time of being lost and in Limbo is a time to re visit yourself, to take the time you have been given to start to look at who you are and who you want to be, as well as who you shold be> I have always thought that human life is no different to that of a sapling or an oak tree, we grow streight and strong, most of us, when we are old enough to make choices, so with this choice and right to choose we begin to branch off, in all sorts of directions, we are taught right from wrong and good from bad, in our heads we decide the right way or the good way is not alwys the easy way so we look for alternatives, that is when we begin to make mistakes and error's in our judgements, that is were eventually the law makes the decision on our error's and tries to find a way to " make " us see the light , the right and the wrong the good and the bad. This becomes almost contraversial once we realise those who make the laws are the greatest crooks of all. So my friend what I am saying is you and you alone are the only one that should make your own judgement on yourself ..It is long sense believed, once the oak tree falls back to earth it is reborn and grows streighter the next time for it is that much more knowledgable ,,, an Indian quotation. You are there to fight, to live, to believe and to learn, you are being prepared for your next adventure in life, weather it is this one or the next one, you are the new oak tree which will be reborn and will grow streighter and stronger next time, Only you have the right to judge the true you my frined ,,, keep those words and remember them always ,,, Only you ..
I have sent Mussy an email,
Keep safe and know I am thinking of you always and know your creators are as proud of you as I am
I just wanted to comment here that I have really enjoyed coming to see you when I can, and seeing you on Thanksgiving was a real blessing for both Mary and I. We have learned more about God and His will for our lives since you have been there than we might otherwise ever have. Strange, isn't it?
Mary now councils/teaches a Bible study every Monday night at the county jail for women, and I have come to understand that holidays are about our family, no matter where we are. I have more fun coming to see you and talking about God and Prophecy than I do going just about anywhere else. When we are with you, Joe, we always talk about Heaven and what it will be like. No matter where else we go on a holiday, we rarely discuss those things.
This world is not our home, and therefore I think talking about our real and future home for eternity is why it is so exciting. Knowing you will be there with us in Heaven is both reassuring and exciting as well. I have gotten to know you as a brother more in the last five years, than I ever did during the fifteen years that I knew you before then, and for that, I am thankful. Mary and I will never live very far from you Joe, and we will always support you anyway we can.
You made a mistake. Personally, I have done enough wrong to be there with you, only I never got caught. In God's eyes, we all have fallen short and deserve spiritual death. Praise be to Jesus Christ for paying our sin debt in full, Amen! So by repenting and receiving His wonderful gift of salvation we get to go home to Paradise, just like the thief on the cross, once our time here is done. Keep telling others about the glorious news of the Gospel of Christ and we will come down to see you again very soon! Love you Bro!
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http://betweenthebars.org/blogs/570/allan-lummus
once i've had a chance to read some of your blog entries i'll leave a more pertinent reply.
miss you, friend. hope to hear from you again soon.
love,
amy
A tribute to the power of the written word. Keep it up, Allan.
George
I have always thought that human life is no different to that of a sapling or an oak tree, we grow streight and strong, most of us, when we are old enough to make choices, so with this choice and right to choose we begin to branch off, in all sorts of directions, we are taught right from wrong and good from bad, in our heads we decide the right way or the good way is not alwys the easy way so we look for alternatives, that is when we begin to make mistakes and error's in our judgements, that is were eventually the law makes the decision on our error's and tries to find a way to " make " us see the light , the right and the wrong the good and the bad.
This becomes almost contraversial once we realise those who make the laws are the greatest crooks of all. So my friend what I am saying is you and you alone are the only one that should make your own judgement on yourself ..It is long sense believed, once the oak tree falls back to earth it is reborn and grows streighter the next time for it is that much more knowledgable ,,, an Indian quotation.
You are there to fight, to live, to believe and to learn, you are being prepared for your next adventure in life, weather it is this one or the next one, you are the new oak tree which will be reborn and will grow streighter and stronger next time,
Only you have the right to judge the true you my frined ,,, keep those words and remember them always ,,, Only you ..
I have sent Mussy an email,
Keep safe and know I am thinking of you always and know your creators are as proud of you as I am
Bobbie
I just wanted to comment here that I have really enjoyed coming to see you when I can, and seeing you on Thanksgiving was a real blessing for both Mary and I. We have learned more about God and His will for our lives since you have been there than we might otherwise ever have. Strange, isn't it?
Mary now councils/teaches a Bible study every Monday night at the county jail for women, and I have come to understand that holidays are about our family, no matter where we are. I have more fun coming to see you and talking about God and Prophecy than I do going just about anywhere else. When we are with you, Joe, we always talk about Heaven and what it will be like. No matter where else we go on a holiday, we rarely discuss those things.
This world is not our home, and therefore I think talking about our real and future home for eternity is why it is so exciting. Knowing you will be there with us in Heaven is both reassuring and exciting as well. I have gotten to know you as a brother more in the last five years, than I ever did during the fifteen years that I knew you before then, and for that, I am thankful. Mary and I will never live very far from you Joe, and we will always support you anyway we can.
You made a mistake. Personally, I have done enough wrong to be there with you, only I never got caught. In God's eyes, we all have fallen short and deserve spiritual death. Praise be to Jesus Christ for paying our sin debt in full, Amen! So by repenting and receiving His wonderful gift of salvation we get to go home to Paradise, just like the thief on the cross, once our time here is done. Keep telling others about the glorious news of the Gospel of Christ and we will come down to see you again very soon! Love you Bro!