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Garry.

"I used to be gay, but JESUS set me FREE!"

That is what his shirt. He came up behind me at the air show on Saturday and stood quietly. I probably would not have ever noticed him if another man and his son had not come and asked him about his shirt. I couldn't help but ease drop. I hope he doesn't mind.

The man came up and said, "Hey, buddy what's with the shirt?" Garry began to get defensive, but after about 35 seconds realized the guy was genuinely curious and was not trying to pick a fight. He explained that until Summer of 2004 he was a homosexual. And one day he was driving home and saw a sign on the side of the road, in front of some church. It made him stop and go inside. He listened to the word of God and was born again.

Later in the Summer he "divorced his family" and moved down to Jacksonville. He had a wife, two sons and now grandchildren. He hasn't seen any of them since 2004 and one of his sons just graduated from Ohio State University. Garry found his son on Facebook and left him a message congratulating him, but he hasn't responded yet.

The man asked if Garry ever got flack for his shirt and he said 'no'. He said that they were the first ones to even acknowledge him. He said he had had a sign made that was one his car that said the same thing, but he said that his car hasn't been vandalized and he has never been beaten up.

The man and his son told Garry about the church that they were apart of and said that his "story was very inspiring". Garry said he would think about it, but asked for the address.

As I sat in church on Sunday, I wondered if Garry showed up.

Also, if you were wondering what Romans 1:18-32 said it is this:
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.


** I thought I should just say that everything I have typed was either from the conversation between Garry and the man or I paraphrased. I have posted this simply to tell a story. Nothing else.

I love the diversity of a con. From left to right we have:

1. Junior high girl who's really in to anime and mange ( She's wearing a "One Piece" t shirt).

2. high school girl in tricked out costume.

3. Some person dressed as a fox with an "I (heart) Haters" t shirt

4. A Doctor Who fan

all dancing in sync with the game.