I DROP MY SON OFF TO SCHOOL ONE MORNING, AND DECIDED TO TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE HOME JUST TO ENJOY THE VIEW OF A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE COMMUNITY. AS I PROCEEDED, I HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD SAY: GO BACK THE USUAL ROUTE HOME, BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU & SOMETHNG I WANT YOU TO DO. BECAUSE GOD VOICE WAS SO LOUD AND CLEAR, I IMMEDIATELY TURN THE CAR AROUND AND WENT ON THE USUAL
ROUTE. I SAID OUT LOUD TO MYSELF, I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS IT YOU WANT ME TO DO LORD, I UTTERED AGAIN, I WANT TO KNOW JUST WHAT IS IT I'M GOING TO SEE. AS I DROVE A LITTLE FURTHER, I SAW A YOUNG TEENAGE MALE WALKING TOWARDS THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS BOOK BAG ON HIS BACK. WHEN I SAW HIM, I IMMEDIATELY STOP AND BESIDE HIM AND ASKED HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL & DID HE NEED A RIDE. WE BEGAN TO CONVERSE, AND HE WAS ESTASTIC THAT I HAD STOP AND PICKED HIM UP. HE BEGIN TO TELL ME THAT AS HE WAS WALKING, HE ASK GOD: IF YOU ARE REAL, SEND SOMEBODY TO PICK ME UP NOW, BECAUSE ALL THESE CARS ARE JUST PASSING ME, AND I'M TIRED. I WAS SHOCK, AND TOLD HIM, OH SON! I HEARD GOD'S VOICE LOUD AND CLEAR TELLING ME TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING HE WAS GOING TO SHOW ME AND WANTED ME TO DO. WE BOTH WAS SMILING AND LAUGHING AT THE AMAZEMENT OF WHAT GOD HAD DONE. I TOLD HIM THE NAME OF MY CHILDREN & HE SAID HE KNEW THEM. BEFORE HE GOT OUT THE CAR AT SCHOOL, HE JUST KEPT WEELING BACK AND FORTH SAYING: OH MAN, OH MAN!!! HE WAS SO ESTATIC ABOUT THE ORDEAL OF HIM ASKING GOD TO SEND SOMEONE TO PICK HIM UP AND GOD SENT ME TO GET HIM. THE NEXT FEW DAYS HE FOUND MY SON DJ ON MYSPACE, AND TOLD DJ ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. DJ WAS IN COLLEGE IN N.C. AT THAT TIME. DJ CALL ME AND TOLD ME THE YOUNG MAN HAD CONTACTED HIM ON MYSPACE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN. I NEVER HEARD FROM MICHEAL AGAIN. TWO YEARS LATER, TO THE DATE OF THIS YEAR, MICHEAL COMMITED SU***DE, THIS BLEW MY MIND & LEFT ME IN TEARS & AWWWE???? I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. I ATTENDED THE FUNERAL & SAW SOME PEOPLE I KNEW. I FOUND OUT THAT MICHEAL WAS STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF INNER THOUGHTS ABOUT HIMSELF & GOD. TOO MUCH FOR ME TO EXPOSED ON THE INTERNET, HE WAS A BIGHT YOUNG MAN, HE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL THAT YEAR, HAD A BEAUTIFUL GIRLFRIEND, BUT JUST COULD NOT FIND HIS WAY. I SHOULD HAD KEPT IN CONTACT WITH MICHEAL CHRISTOPHER, BUT I WAS TOO CLOUDED WITH MY OWN LIFE & FAMILY, I COULDN'T HEAR GOD TO CHECK ON THIS YOUNG MAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE OR NOT, BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN, I WILL NEVER LET A YOUNG PERSON CROSS MY PATH AGAIN WITHOUT CHECKING UP ON THEM. GOD HAVE GIVEN ME A MINISTRY IN MY HEART CALLED: "SMOOTH TRANSITION" IN HONOR OF MICHEAL CHRISTOPHER. I WILL REACH TEENAGERS WITH MY HEARS OF COMPASSION, HEART OF LOVE, AND HANDS OF HELP. MICHEAL CHRISTOPHER FOREVER LEFT A PRINT IN MY HEART & SPIRIT TO CARE FOR TEENAGERS MORE THAN EVER. I KNOW GOD SAVED MICHEAL, BECAUSE HE WAS CRYING OUT TO GET TO KNOW GOD. GOD REVEAL HIMSELF TO MICHEAL THAT DAY & THE REST WAS LEFT UP TO MICHEAL. I MEET & TALK WITH HIS MOTHER AT THE FUNERAL, SHE SAID MICHEAL HAD CAME HOME AND TOLD HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS AMAZED THAT HE WAS SO TOUCHED ABOUT HOW GOD HAD ANSWERED HIS PRAYER. I FOUND OUT THAT MICHEAL HAD ALSO TOLD SOME FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DJ SHULER'S MOM PICKING HIM UP & WHAT HE HAD JUST ASK GOD THAT DAY. PLEASE, PLEASE CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS, AND ACTIONS TOWARD TEENAGERS, THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT. RELAX & ACCEPT THEM AS THEY ARE, GOD WILL DO THE REST AS WE PRAY & SUPPORT THEM.
