My brother's near death experience

My brother was talking to me one day and we got around to the subject of life after death. He commented that he wasn't afraid to die anymore, due to a near death experience he had one day! I was facinated and wanted to hear more, so he began to tell me of how this transpired.
He had taken some penicillin and began to feel really bad, so he told his wife to drive him to the hospital, they just got to the emergency room window and my brother spoke to the woman sitting there trying to understand why he was there. He began to speak, "I think I'm having an allergic......" That was all he got out of his mouth when he collapsed to the floor, then he said he remembered flying through what he described as a dark tube, much like when you go to the water parks and you spiral through those tube, but this was like hyper-speed....he saw a light in the far off distance, but he was approaching it really quickly...he say a figure there and the closer he got, he could see it was Jesus, when he at last reached Jesus he saw and felt more love than could he thought he could contain, he said that Jesus spoke to him without moving his lips, it was like a mental connection, Jesus told him to return it was not his time. My brother said it was in an instant he felt himself be sucked back at an excelerated pace and he awakened....then the doctor said to him, "Boy, that was a close one!" I don't think the doctor realized just how close!
My brother told me that he has a perfect peace about leaving this earth now....he's not afraid anymore! I have to say...based on what my brother experienced, I would have to say that I am no longer afraid to pass from this life on into whatever God has planned for me!
I saw Jesus once in a dream I had and when I came upon him he was standing with 3 other woman with his back toward me. I knew instinctively that it was my Lord and Savior, then he turned and looked at me and I fell to the ground, I was overwhelmed by the pure love and peace I felt. For the first second when I first saw him, I felt such shame for all the wrong I had done in my life, but when he turned to look at me it all just melted into peace! I have no words to describe how pure this love was that I felt, the feeling was that of total forgiveness, peace and love all rolled into one amazing feeling! All I know is from that day on I wanted to feel that same feeling again.....and I await the day when I shall see him face to face!

Who will love me for me?

That's a line from a song that I love so dearly; it's called "Love Me" and it's written and sang by JJHeller. She a Christian artist that I've been following for the last few years. I think she's become one of my favorite female Christian artist and I just wish she could catch a break and have the radio stations play some of her music, especially K-LOVE!
JJHeller has such a unique voice and her words form a very real message to the listener, one that is very heart felt! I find myself in tears so often as I listen to some of her songs! I'd have to say that my favorite one is the song "Love Me"...mostly because it shows how most of us want to be loved, no matter what we've done wrong or how unlovable we may seem. There is "One" who will love us no matter what we look like or what we've done in our past and that is God! The following is a YouTube video taken of JJHeller singing that song. Just listen to it and you will see why I love her singing so much! She is soooo sincere!
She's got some other songs that are really wonderful too; you can check her out on YouTube, but here are a few examples of her music.

How do you lead a loved one to the Lord?

I am just wondering, what is the best way to lead a loved one to the Lord? Do you set them down and tell them that God loves them and that they need to be saved? Or do you threaten them with Hellfire and Brimstone?
I know that I have tried all of the above in my past, but I have also found that none of the above has worked for me! You can't lead someone to the Lord if the person doesn't feel the Holy Spirit tugging at their heart. It just won't happen!
I have found that just living your life in the strength of the Lord, along with loving and caring for your loved one, is the best way to reflect the love of God, and as the end result, your loved one will be drawn to the Lord.
Have you every heard the saying, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink?" I have found that to be so true when trying to lead the ones I love to the Lord. It just can't happen when I am pushing and shoving them to the cross. I believe that we just need to pray for our loved one to respond to the calling of the Holy Spirit in their lives! Pray for God's protection over them and ask the Lord to gently lead them to the one who loves them enough to die for their sins.
So, the next time you feel like cramming God down someone's throat, think twice! Don't try to force your beliefs on them, just live the life that Jesus asks you to live and soon those you love will see the beautiful love that radiates through your life and want to be a part of it themselves!