Pastor Darren

Pastor Darren went to Detox yesterday. He's not really a pastor but he wants to be. . .unfortunately he struggles with his other friend, the bottle. He loves the Word of God and he loves Jesus but when addiction grips you, it is hard to escape. . .

Here's a miracle God did for him. As we grew closer to Detox, he became more and more nervous . . .I finally caught on and asked, "Darren, is there any reason they WON'T let you in?" He finally admitted that four years earlier, he had been 86'd out of detox and told he couldn't ever come back. Great! I immediately started praying while we continue to drive. When we got there, we prayed about God providing the healing and Darren providing the surrender . . .and went in.

The woman at the desk looked hard and stern - "he'll never make it in," I thought. She looked up his name and, sure enough, she came out carrying a card. I could feel Darren tense up next to me - and I felt sorry for him - this had been his last hope. The camp by the river was not providing him with any means to change his ways . . and he had let all his friends down with this return to the bottle. The people that he had spoken to Jesus about didn't see the truth in his testimony.

She finally spoke. "Well, it looks like you haven't been here since 2002 - so you're good to go. Come on. Get a move on. I haven't got all day." Just like that. No record of his past -no mention of the event in 2004.

God does that for us - wipes the slate clean. He is good - and he loves Darren.