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My Heart's Emptiness Filled

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When 3.11 happened

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my house was washed away

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and burned down by the tsunami

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 I lost everything

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Fortunately, all of my family survived

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But since then

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I felt a big hole in my heart

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 I felt empty with the fact that all had been washed away

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I was a volunteer fire fighter for the community

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and served on a rescue team then

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It’s hard to think back about that time

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when I had to carry corpses from the site

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A month then passed, I believe it was April

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when I was notified by my company that I could come back to work

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so I went right away

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There was a garage in front of our office

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and a big truck full of supplies came

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Which were graciously offered to us

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I was quite suspicious why everything was for free

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 wondering if they might charge me later

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But they were so nice and kind

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There was something special about them

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different from other volunteers

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I felt a warm presence from them

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At that time I was living in a tent

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as I lost my house

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I received so many things from the volunteers and found a track

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in the package

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I opened it and a page called

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“Helpless idol worship” caught my eye

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which read “who have eyes but do not see,

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who have ears but do not hear"

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It sent an electric shock 

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down my spine

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and really scared me

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Was the gambling I did an idol?  

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I was so afraid

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Neither teachers at school or my parents

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ever taught me these idols were bad

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I did anything to fill my emptiness

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I found myself doing pachinko, gambling and smoking

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I couldn’t stop smoking by myself

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But since I met Jesus

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He filled my heart

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He took away my smoking habit after 43 years

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 My life has been changed

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I am grateful

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I thank God