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One of the policemen was just laughing at him. The other one saw something in John he hadn't seen in a long time. The policeman was laughing with his partner on the outside. But on the inside he'd become very uncomfortable. This drunk homeless man was talking just like his grandfather used to when he pastored that old country church ....


John was thrown into a cell to await his 'fate'. With God's favor upon John, the officer's still laughing, decided to wait until the following day before determining how to proceed with John. If he was still ranting after having time to sober up they would have to call in a physiologist and determine whether or not John was to be institutionalized, if he was just drunk, they could write him a simple citation and let him go. (SIDE NOTE: Can you tell at this point I'm married to an attorney? )

The officers ended their shift and headed home, meanwhile John began to despair sitting in his cell. He decided the only thing he could do was pray, and read his Bible, that the officers had miraculously forgotten to take from him. John wanted so badly to find the old man and share the good news with him, he wanted to see his parents, there was so much he wanted to, but locked up, he could do nothing at all. The officer's thought he was crazy, who knows........"Maybe I am " he thought. He flipped open the Bible and read, and realized that God did not give him a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. He read on into Philippians, and learned that he was more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus who strengthens him. God revealed to John that His word was a love letter written just for him. All of the promises contained with in the cover were just the same, because God's word said He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. John was so inspired, and filled with joy. He prayed, "Lord, your word says the steps of a righteous man are order by You, Order my steps dear Father, show me what to do here. John was deep in prayer, and covered in a peace that wrapped around him like a soft warm blanket. After a time the cell door opened, and someone else was placed in the cell with him. As John opened his eyes, he saw the old man who he had been searching for. The old man was drunk, and incoherent, and did not recognize John until the next morning.

Meanwhile snug in their homes, the one officer, Brad, who had felt a strange tugging inside him was fondly thinking of his grandfather, and the small church of his childhood. How he missed those days. Where did they all go? He had been so wrapped up in his life, and making something of himself, he realized that he had completely lost touch with his roots, they seemed just an unclear blurr of the past. He felt led to befriend the drunken crazy man in the cell, and listen to what he had to say.


The next morning John and the old man began to talk. John witnessed to him, and the old man began to weep. He recognized the truth, and began to tell John about his life 20 year previous. He said, I used to pastor a small country church, I loved and served the Lord faithfully; but something happend in my life, and left me so bitter that I lost everything, including my wife, my daughter, and my 6 year old grandson, Brad. "Oh Lord," he prayed, "forgive me for my bitterness, restore my heart."