A former drug addict who found himself in the throes of suicidal depression has come to Jesus and been baptized. Just two months ago, 27-year-old Jacob Palmer was readying himself to jump off a bridge in Virginia Beach, VA, after his life was left in tatters from years of drug and alcohol addiction.
Then, a good Samaritan stepped in and helped convince him that his life was still worth living and that there was a God who loved him.
It was midnight on April 25 when passerby Colin Dozier spotted Palmer leaning over the side of Lesner Bridge and immediately felt God leading him to stop and help.
“I just got called,” he told WTKR3. “That’s the only explanation I can even explain. God called me to go to the bridge.”
After Dozier alerted the police and began to try and engage Palmer, the drug addict, who was high on cocaine, meth and heroin at the time, began to act erratically and even threatened to kill both Dozier and the responding police officers.
Dozier immediately sought the Lord for help, sharing a scripture verse from the book of Jeremiah with the suicidal man:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
But the man continued to contemplate ending his own life. So, with prayerful consideration, Dozier began to edge…
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