No such thing as a Lone Ranger Christion
I remember shortly after I got saved a contacted a old friend, Clint Humpfrey ( sorry Clint I know I'm probly spelling it wrong). Clint is someone I have always looked up to my whole life. When I was a teenager he got saved and started going to bible collage and really giving his all for christ. Really Clint was a new man, I remember always thinking he was the coolest guy in the world, he was a model, he was a Cowboy, a awsome hockey player etc......... he was My best friends big brother....... and I looked up tp him as though he was mine!!!
We talked for a real long time, he started teaching me a lilttle about the word, and whats expected of me as a Christion, to be completely honest with you I really can't remeber exzactly what he told me except for " Travis, there is no such thing as a lone ranger Christion, you have to find a church, you have to become part of the body of christ". Its funny The only thing that I remembered about what he told me was the hardest thing for me to do!! It wasn't that I was afraid of going to a church or admiting that I was a Christion, it was I had no clue where to start. Clint didn't really tell me what church to go to, he basicly told me to attend a gospal based church, such as the brooks alliance church, But I never did go. I started seaching the internet looking for a "cowboy "like church, I even emailed Rope Myers for a little advice ( he has a mobile rodeo ministry called White Riata ) But I still didn't go to church, as dumb as it may sound I still didn't Know where to start.
I blundered on being the lone ranger Christion, the closest I really came to being part of the church was, chatting online with other Christion, and emailing Clint with question wicth wasn't enough. I was alone- it's hard to explain being in a crowed room with everyone yelling and feeling lonely, but I think thats what a lone ranger Christion is alone. I had fits of depression that would last for days or even weeks- I just was lonely. I would try and dive into the bible, but it was just half of what I needed. You can study the bible all you want ( and you need to ) but your getting only half of the full meal deal.
Then my Grandpa Mike died, It was a grievous time for us all, Grandpa mike was the Iron man of Grandpa's he in almost every way was indestructable. So it was a little shocking. I remember going to the wake, that was the 1st wake I had ever been to, it was one of the hardest things that I ever done. I remember going in and seeing him, he was in peace, it was the 1st time in along time that you couldn't see the pain in his eyes, I then went in the chapel and started preying for him and my faimly for God to give them strength in this tuff time. Well my mom and I where leaving I meet Alvin Penner for the first time, he was the pastor at the duchess mennonite church. I remember asking him how I would prey for grandpa, he told me to just pour out my heart to god. We started talking about prayers and he pulled out a Cowboy Bible to show me the scripture he was going to read. ( check out " and he asked "Do you believe in a higher power?" it explains the signifacants of the Cowboy bible ). My jaw droped when I had saw it. "where did you get that" I think I interupted him, I explained that I had one but lost it and thought one of my boys took it. Well He gave me his, I don't think he knew what a key turn in my life he had catalised but he did. We had the funeral and it was about two weeks latter and I was having a real hard time at home and with morning. I was really reaching out to my mother wicth was really selfish. She told me that she couldn't help me right now and I sould talk to a minister or somthing. So I thought about it I was scared a little, It's real humbling to admit that you have a problem to a stranger, I finaly called up Alvin I really didn't know what to say to him, I mumbled my way threw what was going on in my life. and he wanted to come over I think he came over that night. From the momont that he walked in, it was like I knew him my whole life, we talked , we preyed, he even has been to China, He lifted me up! He invited me to his church. From that night on, it was like someone turned the lights on! Me and the boy's went to church! We loved it there. We started making friends, God has blessed us with good friend. It was like night and day. Thank you Alvin, If it was'nt for you Id probly still be alone ranger Christion.
In John chapter 10, Jesus talks about us as we are sheep, and really I feel as though, as Christions we are like sheep, Happeist in a flock, with others Christions, and Jesus at the gate.
I was inspiered this way, by last nights bible study. And by the new friend that I made today, Dan the welder from D.A.W that for some reason or another I decide to start ministering to. and it turns out he's a Christion too. He Goes To the Imanunual bible chapel, and is also finding it a struggle in the worldly world.
We talked for a real long time, he started teaching me a lilttle about the word, and whats expected of me as a Christion, to be completely honest with you I really can't remeber exzactly what he told me except for " Travis, there is no such thing as a lone ranger Christion, you have to find a church, you have to become part of the body of christ". Its funny The only thing that I remembered about what he told me was the hardest thing for me to do!! It wasn't that I was afraid of going to a church or admiting that I was a Christion, it was I had no clue where to start. Clint didn't really tell me what church to go to, he basicly told me to attend a gospal based church, such as the brooks alliance church, But I never did go. I started seaching the internet looking for a "cowboy "like church, I even emailed Rope Myers for a little advice ( he has a mobile rodeo ministry called White Riata ) But I still didn't go to church, as dumb as it may sound I still didn't Know where to start.
I blundered on being the lone ranger Christion, the closest I really came to being part of the church was, chatting online with other Christion, and emailing Clint with question wicth wasn't enough. I was alone- it's hard to explain being in a crowed room with everyone yelling and feeling lonely, but I think thats what a lone ranger Christion is alone. I had fits of depression that would last for days or even weeks- I just was lonely. I would try and dive into the bible, but it was just half of what I needed. You can study the bible all you want ( and you need to ) but your getting only half of the full meal deal.
Then my Grandpa Mike died, It was a grievous time for us all, Grandpa mike was the Iron man of Grandpa's he in almost every way was indestructable. So it was a little shocking. I remember going to the wake, that was the 1st wake I had ever been to, it was one of the hardest things that I ever done. I remember going in and seeing him, he was in peace, it was the 1st time in along time that you couldn't see the pain in his eyes, I then went in the chapel and started preying for him and my faimly for God to give them strength in this tuff time. Well my mom and I where leaving I meet Alvin Penner for the first time, he was the pastor at the duchess mennonite church. I remember asking him how I would prey for grandpa, he told me to just pour out my heart to god. We started talking about prayers and he pulled out a Cowboy Bible to show me the scripture he was going to read. ( check out " and he asked "Do you believe in a higher power?" it explains the signifacants of the Cowboy bible ). My jaw droped when I had saw it. "where did you get that" I think I interupted him, I explained that I had one but lost it and thought one of my boys took it. Well He gave me his, I don't think he knew what a key turn in my life he had catalised but he did. We had the funeral and it was about two weeks latter and I was having a real hard time at home and with morning. I was really reaching out to my mother wicth was really selfish. She told me that she couldn't help me right now and I sould talk to a minister or somthing. So I thought about it I was scared a little, It's real humbling to admit that you have a problem to a stranger, I finaly called up Alvin I really didn't know what to say to him, I mumbled my way threw what was going on in my life. and he wanted to come over I think he came over that night. From the momont that he walked in, it was like I knew him my whole life, we talked , we preyed, he even has been to China, He lifted me up! He invited me to his church. From that night on, it was like someone turned the lights on! Me and the boy's went to church! We loved it there. We started making friends, God has blessed us with good friend. It was like night and day. Thank you Alvin, If it was'nt for you Id probly still be alone ranger Christion.
In John chapter 10, Jesus talks about us as we are sheep, and really I feel as though, as Christions we are like sheep, Happeist in a flock, with others Christions, and Jesus at the gate.
I was inspiered this way, by last nights bible study. And by the new friend that I made today, Dan the welder from D.A.W that for some reason or another I decide to start ministering to. and it turns out he's a Christion too. He Goes To the Imanunual bible chapel, and is also finding it a struggle in the worldly world.
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