Dennis May took his own life early yesterday morning. Dennis was a teacher here in Hudson. He had been accused of viewing a pornographic website with a middle school student. Dennis was a member of our church. He served on our worship team. On Thursday evening he came by church after worship practice and a half dozen men gathered around him to pray for him, love him, and tell them they were with him no matter what. It is exactly the way I want our church to respond. Dennis has a message on his cell phone from me assuring him of my prayers and asking if we could meet just to talk and pray together. I am not sure he ever received that message. This morning the story is in the paper. The story says that Dennis had confessed to looking at the website with the student. It also says the viewing lasted about a minute. One minute! One decision, one minute and many lives changed forever. I guess I just want to remind all of us how important a minute can be. Please take a minute now and pray for all the people who have been impacted by this. Pray for the May family. Pray for the students. Pray that God would protect us one minute at a time in every decision we make.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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I believe Jesus' heart full of deep love and sorrow in the minute this brother took his life bent down from heaven and wept at this sad loss and was silent.
Please too church family bring before the throne Jim and Joe that they be covered by the blood as they in compassion minister to the families, the church and the children that in their counsel they be filled with the Holy Spirit full of wisdom and discernment to dispel the lies of satan and to tell of the love of Jesus the Christ. Every life is sacred.
After having been washed with the blood of Christ....and enlightened daily by the gospel....I pray that
Dennis May and his family will have assurance of the promise of God's love and forgiveness.Let he who is without sin......
When I read Joe's blog, and in the moments since, I have been flooded with more emotions then I would have thought possible for a stranger and his family. Why? Because 8 years ago the gun of pornography and the trigger of acceptance was pulled by my x-husband as he "took the life" of our marriage, abandoned our son, and turned his back on all that that he had previously stood for. The ripples of that "minute" still move today, and although our life is blessed and healed, it will never be the same. My X could too have had the support of Godly men, but he choose to "end it". Know that this does not come from a bitter and resentful woman, but from a sister in Christ that hurts for ALL touched by this. For the other men out there that struggle with that same decision, to the wives, children, families, churches and communities that are hit by the ripples of that choice, I pray for you all. Cling to the cross. You each will find comfort and healing there. The ripples of pornography feel more like waves, but our God can, and will, keep you from drowning. I know. You are, and will continue to be (and not just for a minute) in my prayers from many miles away.
I pray for the child, who so courageously reported this, who is probably faulting himself for the outcome. Quite a burden for a seventh grader. I pray he seeks God for love and support.
From the heart open honesty anonymous in sharing about your marriage and the addiction of pornogaphy and what it can do to so many. They say silence is golden but not here. God bless you for God will continue to use you to love and help others that are going through this same struggle. Amen to your pointing them to the foot of the cross and His healing power with no condemnation but a beautiful yet painful testimony.
May God use you richly to His glory sister.
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