Greetings in the Lord's Endless Grace,
I pray you have been safe and able to stay out of the oppressive heat we have had to endure the past several weeks! Please be careful!
The work behind bars has changed this Summer with added areas and the moving around of staff in other facilities. With my health issues, the Doctor has asked me to slow down and change my focus a little. Pray for my health and the strength and stamina I need to carry on each day.
As I look to all that is going on in society, the true Godlessness all around, it's very clear the Lord will soon be here to take His Church home! We must be focused on our call to share Christ in a blind world. Thank you for joining me in this great mission sharing and discipleing men and women!
A young man named Stephen pulled me aside the other day in jail. He wanted to talk to me very badly and was pleading for me to take Him aside for a few minutes. I cleared it with the officer on the floor at that moment and we went to an interview area just a few steps down the hall to talk. I looked Stephen in the eye and said, ¿How can I help you, son?" As he was totally focused on me, I saw tears welling up in his eyes and a crack in his voice as He struggled to speak, He said, Chaplain I'm scared to death.
I've never been in any real trouble till now. But I got in a fight with a guy, knocked him down, He hit his head and died in the hospital. What am I going to do?" First, I told Stephen I couldn't give him any legal advice. But I could show Him someone that could give him hope right now. He looked deep into my eyes and said,
"Who is this person and how can I get to know Him?
I opened my Bible to give him the Gospel of our Lord Jesus with the answers he needed. The tears began to dry up and signs of a small smile began to brake out on His face. He gave his life to Jesus and allowed him to come to an end of himself to come to Christ. What a blessing, in those few minutes, Stephen passed from death to life, from hopelessness to real hope and peace! You shared in the victory!
In Christ’s endless love,
Steve Bradshaw