I want to discuss a topic that is weighing heavy on my heart. Now I won't be putting in Scripture, I will be speaking from the Heart.

I want to tell my readers a true story, but the names are changed so as not to expose the person I will be talking about. I do not want to violate his right to privacy.

Let us start by calling this person Ted. Ted is a tall gangly man that has had a hard life just as the rest of had. We met Ted in a chat room and became dear friends with him unaware of the cauldron boiling inside of him. He became a regular in an online chat room and so the road to deception began. He was so polite and funny and supportive that who would know the real Ted.

Ted was evicted by his wife from his home and we happened to find this out and also was informed by him that he was now homeless and no where to say. He played on our sympathy perfectly. After great effort we persuaded Ted to come and stay with us for a while.

We sent Ted a great amount of Money which GOD had supplied a credit limit increase so we could afford to bring him down to where we lived. We then defended our actions and him heavily against those who thought this was a dumb thing to do. I believe that he was to come to us in the first place but then instead of turning to GOD he grew even more bitter against GOD.

One day after great expense to bring him here, he stated to us that GOD was a liar and never kept his promises. I was so upset that he would say such a thing about the GOD I love and serve I could have thrown him out. But I didn't. I gave him another chance as I knew Jesus would want me to do.

Ted seemed fine at first and in fact was a great influence with our kids. But then it started. Although Ted was still married became infatuated with another woman, who was about lets say 20 years younger then him. Ted spent all his time in his room or on line. We got him his own phone and phone number and he ended up running up a phone bill he could not pay. So we cut off the phone.

Then Ted ended up hogging the phone lines that we payed for and had to be told several times to get off the computer so we could do our work on it. He would get very upset.

He started hurting the kids, He grabbed one bye the throat, and bent the wrist back on the other kid. I stopped him both times. We finally gave him a March 2004 deadline to get a job and get his own place. He made a feeble effort and everything Ted did he seemed to undermine it so he would not be able to keep the job.

We even defended him against family. But our eyes finally opened and we made up with family. One family member even got him a job after Ted refused to shake the mans hand and make up. He lost his Job in two weeks. We in the mean time had told him we were going to start adoption procedures so he had to be out by the 14 of November. Not long after that we found out that he was fired and that he had lied to his boss telling him, the reason he had fallen six times on the job was because he had to walk to work and we refused to give him a ride. That was a lie. And the final straw. By this time we had spent over 3000 dollars on Ted trying to help him out and all he did was free load, demanding High dollar items and food. Now Ted did manage to get on food stamps.

I told Ted he had to go and had the rest of the day to pack his things and then I would take him to a shelter the next day. So I threw the free loader out. He had already lined up his next victims and being payed by his boss then lying about that said he had no money he took a bus.

After Ted left we went to his room he was supposed to have cleaned and it was worse then a pig pen, even smelled and cat poop was on the floor who knows how long because he would not clean it up. We told him he could keep certain food items of his in his room so they would not get mixed with ours because of state laws concerning those on food stamps. We told him he could not eat or drink in the room and he did anyway leaving a mess. He threw things away we had bought for him and two full boxes of cat food.

When he left he would not even say bye to the boys or speak to anyone. We know that either that night or the next day he was on a bus to his next victim.

We found on the computer the boys use instant message logs and chat logs that would curl your skin. He talked about having phone sex with a married woman, one im even talked about how he wanted to kill someone. He blasphemed GOD so bad I will not repeat what Ted said.

He is now back in the chat room acting so sweet and innocent. People turned against us and believed the deceiving free loader instead of us. People that claim Christianity would rather associate themselves with a person like that than people who truly love and served GOD. One of the worst parts is I gave a up a trip to see my boys because of him. We only wanted to help TED, we did not know what kind of man he was. If I had known in advance I would never have invited him in the door.

One day my wonderful wife said to me. Satan has got a foot hold in this house and I intend to throw him back out. He is not welcome here this is GODS home. We did not know what that meant at the time until we read the hideous logs Ted had saved on the computer the boys used.

Why am I bringing this up? To warn you, be careful who you open your door too. I really believed GOD wanted him here. I even remembered the verse. To him that knows to do good and does it not to him it is sin.

Forgive the bad grammar structure and such but I am saying this from the heart. Let us remember one thing. GOD knows the heart, so no matter what free loading deceivers say or do GOD knows the real them.

Ted needs prayers, and those he intends to victimize needs prayer. Anything can be said in a chat room on a computer. But we cannot escape from our all seeing and all knowing GOD.

© Copyright 2003 by John C Thomas Sr.