Testimony of

Timothy Wayne Wilson

In 2002, I was in the hospital due to an injury occurring in prison.  While in the hospital bed in a neck-brace, a doctor named Butcher ripped off the neck-brace and began to accuse me of faking.  He then left the room; and as I lay there, I began to contemplate life.  In that moment, I realized that Dr. Butcher could have just killed me if he wanted; and that, got me thinking about my life up until that point.  During that time, I contemplated what was most important in my life, and my conclusion was love.  I asked myself if there was anyone I loved or who loved me, and I came to the scary conclusion that I couldn’t think of anyone.

It was during that moment that God gave me a vision of my grandmother enveloped in white light.  As I gazed at her, I realized that Christ’s love had always shined through her to me.  I began to think about the times she took me to church and her unconditional love through both the good times and bad.  I thought about how I had been acting-out in an attempt to be noticed all for the love and acceptance of the world up to that point.  How that behavior was pointless because the world was not the true source of love, Jesus was.  I had been running away from God (love) all my life, when I should have been running toward Him.  On that day and at that moment, God saved me with His wonderful loving grace.

I enjoyed “Life Above Reproach.”  It is a good program that promotes Christian discipleship and accountability.  These two principles are fundamental building blocks for living the Christian life.