Hey everyone,
Been a while since I have blogged. I have had a lot on my mind and have a lot to discuss. However, I will just talk about Last Nights (May 7th) Wednesday Night Radiate Service.
May 7th was the twelve year anniversary of the death of my childhood best friend Billy Bowman. So last night I felt led to speak to the teenagers about Billy and his life.
(I will give you a quick short version of Billy's story)
Billy was a little guy, so little that he wanted to be a jockey. Billy and I met in the 3rd grade and we were best friends. We hung out all the time. However, Billy moved a lot and as time past. Billy and I didn't get to see each other much. Billy was such a lovable kid and had the favor of God on his life.
Billy was then shot and killed by a person he thought was a friend on May 7, 1996 just one day after his 12th Birthday. He did nothing to provoke him.
The person that killed him Kenneth Eastridge got away with it. Because of him being a minor he didn't have to do certain things that an 18 year old will have to do.
However, recently Kenneth was on trail for Murder again. This time in Colorado, come to find out he went to the Military and in Iraq killed some people over there too.
It reminds me of the scripture Numbers 32:23 "..your sin will one day find you out"
His sin sure did find him out. However, God allowed twelve years to past before punishment had to be paid. I believe that was because God was giving Kenneth an opportunity to REPENT. The same way he did with Cain in the bible after Cain killed his brother Able.
Cain tried cover up his sin and so did Kenneth. However, as we learn with Adam and Eve. You can not cover your own sin. They made fig leaves as clothes after they sin when they realized they were naked. God had to provide a sacrifice by killing an animal and giving them covering for there sin and shame.
That same thing points to Jesus Christ. We try to do things to cover up our sin. It's like we put fig leaves over us. However, God has to provide the covering so he sent his son Jesus Christ to die on the Cross as our covering. As long as we REPENT we receive that covering.
Last night, many teenagers came to the Alter to finally put away their covering and grab a hold of God's covering for their sin.
God even spoke through one of the teenagers Joel who gave a word from the Lord that we as a church need to stop being lazy and to start preaching the Gospel and showing the love of Christ and read the word of God everyday.
It was definitely a happy ending to a start of a tragic story of my friend Billy Bowman.
Romans 8:28 says, "all things work together for the Good for them that love the Lord.."
Billy's death made a lot of us question why he would die so young. It was because of fruit of his life to have other people and Teenagers coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ so they to can have eternal life in Christ as I believe Billy has.
Thank you God for putting me in a position to share the life of Billy and your Holy Word.
Freak Out,
Daniel Spencer
14 comments:
Billy was one of the sweetest kids I've ever met, and i Still miss him...We went to school together when i lived one street over from Fordhaven. I was quiet, shy and didnt know him as well as I wished I did now, but i still think about him...None of the kids that stood on that street that night were ever the same. I also knew Kenny and no longer have any sympathy for him and Im glad hes getting what he deserves......
Im sorry you feel that way but i wish you didn't because this just means you should care that much more for him god does not ask us to give up on a person ever no matter how much hate they have in them they still need love
Billy and i were best friends in the 6th grade and i will never forget that morning when i woke up and was watching tv while eating breakfast and saw his face on the news....he was such a good friend!!
My name is Robert Bowman, Billy was my cousin along with his two sisters Jennifer and Marilyn, I'm seriously glad I'm not the only one who thinks a murderer got away with a slap on the wrist. The weekend before the shooting, Billy was suppose to go with my parents and I to the Oaks and Kentucky Derby, he would not have been home until after the 7th if he did. Instead, was coaxed by Kenneth to run away from home the night we were suppose to pick him up so he could stay home. I still think to this day that he would still be with us if he would have went with us that weekend before. I miss him so much. He was not only my cousin but my true best friend and Kenneth took that away from not only me but everyone else whose heart he touched. Thanks for the post.
Trust me amigo. If the Army at the time wasn't hurting for troops. That little sociopath Kenny Eastridge would have never been allowed in. The "morality waivers" that the Army has granted during this time of war are coming back to bite them. Steven Dale Green was another punk who needed an enlistment waiver. And his "gift" to Iraq war vets like myself was the Mahudmiyah Massacre.,, God bless and keep you amigo.
Hey you may not know me but im one of your cusin to billys mom was my mom sister sarah vanhorn is my mom marilyn and jenny know me and my sister kristie im leelee is what they called me my aunt Barbra took care of me and my sister when we was younger I was really close to billy I think about him everyday I wish he was still here I really do miss him alot
Omg I remember this and how horrible it was. I just couldn't believe it was him , he was always such a nice guy...
I hope that he gets what is coming to him..and its funny because so many years have passed and after reading this, it brings a lot back. Ford haven was never the same after that...
-Jennifer Thompson
Billy Bowman was like a brother to me he lives behind me the day he was shot he wanted me to go with him that night but my mom wouldn't let me I woke up and saw the fire police and ambulance but didn't think nothing of it until the next morning and when I was told about it I lost it to the point I saw blood and I hope that Kenneth is still in jail
Did you go to Stewart middle
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