From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   >   
   > Got a phone call not even 2 hours ago.   
   >   
   > AND I ANSWERED IT!   
   >   
   > It was Matt Gilbert!   
   >   
   > _The_  Matt Gilbert, the musician in the ICU, on   
   > a ventilator due to some bad pneumonia not to   
   > mention the kidney failure...   
   >   
   > He he called me!  Apparently he's awake!   
   >   
   > He wants me to scrounge up a guitar, bring it to   
   > him.   
   >   
   > Maybe tomorrow.   
      
   I'm really happy to learn this great news!!!   
   >   
   > And I'd love to tell you a little about his   
   > experiences, what he saw, while he was in there.   
   >   
   > I will tell you this much, the part that wasn't   
   > so eerie:  There was a "little guy" in there with   
   > him. His name was also "Matt." Same last name, too.   
   > And that little guy was mad at him, wouldn't so   
   > much as speak to him -- this little guy with Matt   
   > Gilbert, who just also happened to be named Matt   
   > Gilbert.   
   >   
   > He tried telling this little guy that he liked him,   
   > he didn't want to fight. But that little guy is gone   
   > now, and he wishes he wasn't.   
   >   
   > He kept me on the phone for over an hour, very   
   > talkative, but you could hear his batteries wearing   
   > down the whole time. It was Matt -- 100% normal, like   
   > nothing ever happened -- when I first answered, and   
   > he was tired an hour later...   
   >   
   > Kept repeating himself.   
   >   
   > So if you've got it in you, our dear Steven, a little   
   > more miracle?   
      
   As I always tell you, I'm not the source of the   
   miracles. That would be God, and it's a shame that   
   you can't bring yourself to give Him the credit.   
   He's showing you (and me) that He answers prayers   
   when the person who is praying truly BELIEVES in   
   Him, and believes that the prayers will be answered.   
      
   I really wish you would stop being such a hardhead   
   and acknowledge that God is reaching out to you by   
   showing you the power of prayer. And if you could   
   only bring yourself to believe in Him, He would   
   answer your prayers.   
      
   But you can't fake it. It won't work if you try   
   to fake it, because He knows your heart.   
   >   
   > P.S.  Says he won't even do weed ever again!   
   >   
   > I talked to Tori. Neither of us are all too confident   
   > that is true. But, even if he just stays well & clear   
   > of the opiates...   
      
   I'll pray for his willpower to keep him away from   
   everything harmful.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)