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Another one of Carlos’ fits of rage took over his entire being. He began to beat and to kick his wife. She wept in anguish. His face twisted, he drug her across the room.

He paused, realizing what he was doing. What a wretched slave he had become! What a miserable prisoner to his addictions! He couldn’t control his behavior. He hated the monster he had come to be.

He also knew this: he was dying. He recalls the agony of that time:

“I couldn’t get off drugs. My body was covered in ugly sores. I scavenged through the garbage for scraps of food. I slept in the streets. I viciously attacked people for my own survival. The police were searching for me.”

He came back to the present moment. His wife was struggling in his grasp. In pain, she wailed, “You are going to beg God for forgiveness for what you’re doing to me! You are going to get saved!”

He released her. He stumbled out into the street. In despair, his imprisoned soul shrieked out to God, “I don’t want to hurt her anymore! Please! Do something for me!”

His demons drove him on. He spotted an innocent passerby. His appetite for his drugs screamed in his veins. He assaulted the man. He took his money and ran.

Then the arrest happened. He stood before the magistrate, despicable, Continue reading A Cruel Monster Becomes a Gentle Servant… Only God!