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Chapter One "Twice Broken"
Twenty-eight years ago, I lay upon a bed suffering
fractured ribs, a broken nose, and a separated sternum.
My physical body healed quickly; within twelve weeks I
was physically doing well. However, found within the
walls of this man's heart were death, guilt, and
brokenness. The memories, the hurt, and all the grief
were buried within the walls of my own heart and mind; I
thought I would never have to experience this sorrow
again.
However, there was no doctor to heal this man's heart
and emotions. There was no
counselor to help this heart find its pieces so it could be
put together once more. I longed for peace, but only
found torment. My only son Andrew and my daughter-to-
be Nicole
were dead.
My son's head was resting upon
my shoulder: my last memory. I had made
him a seat between the front bucket seats.
He had felt safe in his father's control.
Andrew Duane Bemis had turned two
years old about two months before. Now
he was dead; dead because I might have
fallen asleep at the wheel of my car; dead
because I placed him in harm’s way. I
placed him in between the two front seats
in a homemade seat; dead because of my
negligence of trying to drive all night. I
had chosen to place a television set in the
back seat, with all my belongings inside
my compact car, instead of the most
precious cargo: my son.
Twenty-eight years ago, I lay upon a bed suffering
fractured ribs, a broken nose, and a separated sternum.
My physical body healed quickly; within twelve weeks I
was physically doing well. However, found within the
walls of this man's heart were death, guilt, and
brokenness. The memories, the hurt, and all the grief
were buried within the walls of my own heart and mind; I
thought I would never have to experience this sorrow
again.
However, there was no doctor to heal this man's heart
and emotions. There was no
counselor to help this heart find its pieces so it could be
put together once more. I longed for peace, but only
found torment. My only son Andrew and my daughter-to-
be Nicole
were dead.
My son's head was resting upon
my shoulder: my last memory. I had made
him a seat between the front bucket seats.
He had felt safe in his father's control.
Andrew Duane Bemis had turned two
years old about two months before. Now
he was dead; dead because I might have
fallen asleep at the wheel of my car; dead
because I placed him in harm’s way. I
placed him in between the two front seats
in a homemade seat; dead because of my
negligence of trying to drive all night. I
had chosen to place a television set in the
back seat, with all my belongings inside
my compact car, instead of the most
precious cargo: my son.
Chapter One "The Carpenter's Apprentice"
The Call
I saw the Carpenter prepare for His ordinary day. His
house was simple yet functional. His home was
uncomplicated, just brick and wood. There was great
strength and security held within its walls. The stage was
set in modern times. I was sitting in the upper balcony of
a great theater of old. I saw from the balcony that the
seats were lavished in a velvet red fabric trimmed in
gold. The arms of the seats where painted white with
gold leafing. Yet I perceived it to be a new theater. The
stage was extravagant and of great artistic quality. I
enjoyed the sights and the smells. I could smell the
popcorn popping in the lobby. I was sitting high and to
the right of the stage as the play began.
On the stage there was a fire in the fireplace, which
filled the air with warmth and the smells of homemade
bread. Everything in the room had a warm yellowish
shine from the early morning fire. I could see a thin
ribbon of smoke exiting the chimney. A girl walked across
the stage holding a sign in her arms, which read, “The
Carpenter’s Apprentice.” The sign was beige in color and
the lettering was dark brown with a green shadow. The
young lady was smiling and she crossed the platform
and she was scanning the audience. Once she made
eye contact with me she just nodded her head as if she
knew something. My attention went back to the stage
and the first act.
I wondered about this next project that the
Carpenter was going to be taking on. I wondered if it
would be a table, maybe a chair, or even a hutch. I
watched with great anticipation
The Call
I saw the Carpenter prepare for His ordinary day. His
house was simple yet functional. His home was
uncomplicated, just brick and wood. There was great
strength and security held within its walls. The stage was
set in modern times. I was sitting in the upper balcony of
a great theater of old. I saw from the balcony that the
seats were lavished in a velvet red fabric trimmed in
gold. The arms of the seats where painted white with
gold leafing. Yet I perceived it to be a new theater. The
stage was extravagant and of great artistic quality. I
enjoyed the sights and the smells. I could smell the
popcorn popping in the lobby. I was sitting high and to
the right of the stage as the play began.
On the stage there was a fire in the fireplace, which
filled the air with warmth and the smells of homemade
bread. Everything in the room had a warm yellowish
shine from the early morning fire. I could see a thin
ribbon of smoke exiting the chimney. A girl walked across
the stage holding a sign in her arms, which read, “The
Carpenter’s Apprentice.” The sign was beige in color and
the lettering was dark brown with a green shadow. The
young lady was smiling and she crossed the platform
and she was scanning the audience. Once she made
eye contact with me she just nodded her head as if she
knew something. My attention went back to the stage
and the first act.
I wondered about this next project that the
Carpenter was going to be taking on. I wondered if it
would be a table, maybe a chair, or even a hutch. I
watched with great anticipation
| Excerpts of two chapters of Twice Broken Once Healed & The Carpenter's Apprentice |
The Carpenter's Apprentice
Chapter Eleven
The Fire from Above
I heard a sound like a herd of many horses running
toward this house. My eyes were opened spiritually, and
for the first time I could see what the others saw. I saw a
mighty fire ball racing across the heavens in a downward
spiral. It looked like a fiery comet plummeting down to the
very soil I was standing on. I wanted to run but I was like
a deer staring into headlights at night; I froze. My feet
could not move; I was paralyzed. The sight was scary and
yet glorious, and I knew within my heart I was seeing
something very special. I was experiencing something
that others could only imagine. Then the comet flew down
the chimney and right into the fireplace where it burned in
holy purity. All of us at this moment bowed our faces to
the ground worshiping and praising the Lord, saying:
“For He is good, for His mercy endures forever. For
His mercy endures forever.”
Then I went to my room and as I lay down for my first
night in this wonderful home I heard a gentle spirit
whisper in my ears, “I have heard the prayer, and have
chosen this place for Myself as a home where I can dwell.
When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command
the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among
My people who live here, if My people who are called by
My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal them. Now
My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer
made in this home. For now I have chosen and sanctified
this home, that My name may be there forever; and My
eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. I have
commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My
judgments, then I will establish you to receive my
blessings and my favor will rest in this place. But if you
turn away and forsake My statutes and My
commandments which I have set before you, and go and
serve other gods, and worship them, then I will uproot and
leave this house desolate as before. Just like before
when everyone walked by this old house that is tagged
for demolition. I will make it a proverb and a byword
among all peoples. And as for this house, which is
exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished
and say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land and
this house?’ Then they will answer, ‘Because they
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them
out of the land of darkness and despair, and embraced
other gods, and worshiped them and served them;
therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’”
Chapter Eleven
The Fire from Above
I heard a sound like a herd of many horses running
toward this house. My eyes were opened spiritually, and
for the first time I could see what the others saw. I saw a
mighty fire ball racing across the heavens in a downward
spiral. It looked like a fiery comet plummeting down to the
very soil I was standing on. I wanted to run but I was like
a deer staring into headlights at night; I froze. My feet
could not move; I was paralyzed. The sight was scary and
yet glorious, and I knew within my heart I was seeing
something very special. I was experiencing something
that others could only imagine. Then the comet flew down
the chimney and right into the fireplace where it burned in
holy purity. All of us at this moment bowed our faces to
the ground worshiping and praising the Lord, saying:
“For He is good, for His mercy endures forever. For
His mercy endures forever.”
Then I went to my room and as I lay down for my first
night in this wonderful home I heard a gentle spirit
whisper in my ears, “I have heard the prayer, and have
chosen this place for Myself as a home where I can dwell.
When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command
the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among
My people who live here, if My people who are called by
My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal them. Now
My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer
made in this home. For now I have chosen and sanctified
this home, that My name may be there forever; and My
eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. I have
commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My
judgments, then I will establish you to receive my
blessings and my favor will rest in this place. But if you
turn away and forsake My statutes and My
commandments which I have set before you, and go and
serve other gods, and worship them, then I will uproot and
leave this house desolate as before. Just like before
when everyone walked by this old house that is tagged
for demolition. I will make it a proverb and a byword
among all peoples. And as for this house, which is
exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished
and say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land and
this house?’ Then they will answer, ‘Because they
forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them
out of the land of darkness and despair, and embraced
other gods, and worshiped them and served them;
therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’”
Twice Broken Once Healed
Chapter Ten “Genuine Forgiveness,”
by Darilyn Bemis
One of the hardest areas in our life as believers is to
exercise genuine forgiveness. At times, it is easier to
forgive and understand a sinner, a non-believer. Of
course, it’s because we see they don’t understand any
better; the truth is not in them.
Some of us, however, choose not to forgive those who
hurt and sin against us. I’m reminded of a family who
lost their daughter because of a reckless driver who ran
a red light. Their daughter was very well liked and
known by many. The youth group of her church family
loved her very much. She was at the age of 18 years
old, in her first year of junior college, and all of a
sudden…she was gone!
Those who have lost a child can also understand the
pain that her family experienced. As time and years
went by, I watched the mother
of this dead child sink deeper and deeper
into unforgiveness and bitterness. I cannot
remember seeing the joy of the Lord upon
her face. There was no acceptance of
someone else’s experience and excitement
of joy from her. She refused to hear about
God’s sovereignty in all this. God’s Word
reminds me: “Look after each other so that not one of
you will fail to find God’s best blessing.
Watch out that no bitterness takes root among
you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble,
hurting many in their spiritual lives.”
(Hebrews 12:15 TLB)
The spirit of unforgiveness keeps us in bondage. We
lose out in the blessings of God and in the complete
genuine healing so needed in our broken lives today.
The other day, I heard a testimony
of an elderly couple that lost their daughter because of
a drunk driver. The drunk driver was convicted of first-
degree murder and sentenced to prison. His attorney
told him that there was no hope for him. During his stay
in prison and
through an evangelical team of believers
who visited the prison many times, this
man accepted the Lord Jesus Christ. When
this elderly couple had learned of this, they began
writing to him encouraging him in his
growth with the Lord. After months of
correspondence between them, the elderly couple
decided to inform this man that they were
the parents of the young lady he killed
while he was under the influence of
alcohol and they had forgiven him. They
had asked if they could visit with him. He
was surprised and a bit uneasy. What did
they want with him and how could they
forgive him for killing their daughter? He
was a murderer! Of course, only the Lord
Jesus Christ can give us the ability to
forgive, and I mean, really forgive! It is
impossible to do it on our own; we need to
ask Him for help. Forgiveness is a daily
process.
Chapter Ten “Genuine Forgiveness,”
by Darilyn Bemis
One of the hardest areas in our life as believers is to
exercise genuine forgiveness. At times, it is easier to
forgive and understand a sinner, a non-believer. Of
course, it’s because we see they don’t understand any
better; the truth is not in them.
Some of us, however, choose not to forgive those who
hurt and sin against us. I’m reminded of a family who
lost their daughter because of a reckless driver who ran
a red light. Their daughter was very well liked and
known by many. The youth group of her church family
loved her very much. She was at the age of 18 years
old, in her first year of junior college, and all of a
sudden…she was gone!
Those who have lost a child can also understand the
pain that her family experienced. As time and years
went by, I watched the mother
of this dead child sink deeper and deeper
into unforgiveness and bitterness. I cannot
remember seeing the joy of the Lord upon
her face. There was no acceptance of
someone else’s experience and excitement
of joy from her. She refused to hear about
God’s sovereignty in all this. God’s Word
reminds me: “Look after each other so that not one of
you will fail to find God’s best blessing.
Watch out that no bitterness takes root among
you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble,
hurting many in their spiritual lives.”
(Hebrews 12:15 TLB)
The spirit of unforgiveness keeps us in bondage. We
lose out in the blessings of God and in the complete
genuine healing so needed in our broken lives today.
The other day, I heard a testimony
of an elderly couple that lost their daughter because of
a drunk driver. The drunk driver was convicted of first-
degree murder and sentenced to prison. His attorney
told him that there was no hope for him. During his stay
in prison and
through an evangelical team of believers
who visited the prison many times, this
man accepted the Lord Jesus Christ. When
this elderly couple had learned of this, they began
writing to him encouraging him in his
growth with the Lord. After months of
correspondence between them, the elderly couple
decided to inform this man that they were
the parents of the young lady he killed
while he was under the influence of
alcohol and they had forgiven him. They
had asked if they could visit with him. He
was surprised and a bit uneasy. What did
they want with him and how could they
forgive him for killing their daughter? He
was a murderer! Of course, only the Lord
Jesus Christ can give us the ability to
forgive, and I mean, really forgive! It is
impossible to do it on our own; we need to
ask Him for help. Forgiveness is a daily
process.
The Carpenter's Apprentice is
an allegory and the Apprentice
(Bemis) follows the Master
(Jesus) to the City of Despair.
For a $15.00 donation we will
send you this book in either
English or Spanish.
an allegory and the Apprentice
(Bemis) follows the Master
(Jesus) to the City of Despair.
For a $15.00 donation we will
send you this book in either
English or Spanish.
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