when your choosen your choosen

on may22nd 2007 I curtis Lambert were fighting with my brother. As we were tussling i picked up a rock a big rock and hit him with it. then he picked up the same rock and hit me back alot harder i started bleeding from my left arm . that lead me to getting a gun and using it. Yes i shot my brother. i end up turning myself in not knowing if my brother was dead or alive. the very next sunday i saw 1 of my boy's going to church and i followed. we had plans to just talk threw the whole service but god had other plans. at the end of the service he went up for prayer. Their was some pantlets on the table so i took them and stook them anywhere in my bible. we prayed with the ministers and headed back to our cells. later on that night i was pasting back and forth in my cell making plans to go to prison, saying and i quote im gonna do this and bang and get my name up and..... a bunch of foolishness.As i looked at my bible it opened to the book of psalms chapter 107 which reads: ¹Shout praises to the LORD!

He is good to us and his love never fails. ²Everyone the LORD has rescued from trouble should praise him,³everyone he has brought from the east and the west,the north and the south. ^a]">[a] ⁴Some of you were lost in the scorching desert,far from a town. ⁵You were hungry and thirsty and about to give up.⁶You were in serious trouble,but you prayed to the LORD,and he rescued you. ⁷Right away he brought you to a town. ⁸You should praise the LORD for his love and for the wonderful things he does for all of us.⁹To everyone who is thirsty he gives something to drink; to everyone who is hungry,he gives good things to eat. ¹⁰Some of you were prisoners suffering in deepest darkness and bound by chains, ¹¹because you had rebelled against God Most High and refused his advice.¹²You were worn out from working like slaves,and no one came to help. ¹³You were in serious trouble,but you prayed to the LORD and he rescued you.¹⁴He brought you out of the deepest darkness and broke your chains. ¹⁵You should praise the LORD for his love and for the wonderful thing she does for all of us. ¹⁶He breaks down bronze gates and shatters iron locks.¹⁷Some of you had foolishly committed a lot of sins and were in terrible pain. ¹⁸The very thought of food was disgusting to you,and you were almost dead.¹⁹You were in serious trouble, but you prayed to the LORD,and he rescued you.²⁰By the power of his own word he healed you and saved you from destruction.²¹You should praise the LORD for his love and for the wonderful things he does for all of us.²²You should celebrate by offering sacrifices and singing joyful songs to tell what he has done. ²³Some of you made a living by sailing the mighty sea, ²⁴and you saw the miracles the LORD performed there. ²⁵At his command a storm arose,and waves covered the sea. ²⁶You were tossed to the sky and to the ocean depths,until things looked so bad that you lost your courage²⁷You staggered like drunkards and gave up all hope. ²⁸You were in serious trouble but you prayed to the LORD,and he rescued you.²⁹He made the storm stop and the sea be quiet.³⁰You were happy because of this,and he brought you to the port where you wanted to go.³¹You should praise the LORD for his love and for the wonderful thing she does for all of us.³²Honor the LORD when you and your leaders meet to worship. ³³If you start doing wrong,the LORD will turn rivers into deserts,³⁴flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful field into beds of salt.³⁵But the LORD can also turn deserts into lakes and scorched land into flowing streams.³⁶If you are hungry,you can settle there and build a town ³⁷You can plant fields and vineyards that produce a good harvest. ³⁸The LORD will bless you with many children and with herds of cattle.³⁹Sometimes you may be crushed by troubles and sorrows,until only a few of you are left to survive.⁴⁰But the LORD will take revenge on those who conquer you,and he will make them wander across desert sands. ⁴¹When you are suffering and in need,he will come to your rescue,and your families will grow as fast as a herd of sheep. ⁴²You will see this because you obey the LORD,but everyone who is wicked will be silenced. ⁴³Be wise! Remember this and think about the kindness of the LORD.(cet version). After reading that i started crying so much till i was saying god thank you for saving me i said that for probably more than an hour. i prayed hard and kept praying that god get me out of this situation that i had no idea how deep i was in. about 40 days after may22nd my visitation was on sunday and my mom was to come visit me. i only told her to come visit me because i researched my case in the law library and it say's "if a judge doesn't sign a supeona you are not responsible to go to court. It all boils down
my mother sat down stairs on the visiting floor for one hour and somebody started fighting. Long story short i never got my visit....... GOD MADE IT RAIN SO HARD IT KNOCKED THE PHONES IN THE JAIL OUT OF SERVICE FOR 3 DAY'S THE EXACT SAME DAY AFTER MY MOTHER HAD TO GO TESTIFY. they threatened my mom and told her they will take her nursing license if he doesn't show. But of course god's plan means god's plan. the phones came back on that wednesday morning i called my mom, and the first thing she said is curtis i had to they threatened me i was yelling so hard and said what did you do. she just kept saying i had to,i had too. i hung the phone up in so much anger and asked god why aren't you answering my prayers.(yeah little old me yelling at god)on august 1st 2007 i went to court they said mr. lambert your bail is 10,000 cash or 250,000 bond. the district attorney asked for me to get no bail cause im a flight risk. but the judge must of had jesus cause he said "NO i will lower his bond to 100,000 bond and keep 10,000 cash bail.Then the district attorney said he is facing 15-25 years in jail. I started laughing so loud and hard (they didn't know who i serve). so they went on and on till it went to a recess. coming back from recess only 2 hours before that i was facing 15-25 years in state prison then they offer me 5 years !st offer. Off back i told my lawyer NO. i went back to jail at about 5 o'clock. I stated playing dominoes at about 8 pm. i was just talking about what happen to me at court and one of the guys i was playing dominoes with said u just gotta keep prayin. as soon as he finished that sentence less than 10 seconds no 5 second later the phone rang and the officer said lambert pack up bail out. i didnot hear him and everybody was happy before i was. i packed up prayed with my christian brothers and threw every piece of material in the garbage and headed for the door.

Less than 2 weeks later after i got out on bail i was at a stop light on south columbus and 4th street in mt. vernon ny. and i said to god "if you get me two years i will take it. On august 11th i went for an interview at infinti car dealership and by the 15th i was working. I meet with my lawyer on september 11 th,2007 and i heard the 911 tape of my neighbors saying "hello hello somebody has been shot the shooter is running up the block and he is bleeding from his left arm.I just started crying and the lawyer said did you do this i walked out her office and never went back.

Now my court date was October 24 th 2007. on that day i got another court date which was re scheduled to December 4 th. Remember i fired my lawyer so i am almost on my way to court with no lawyer. Now here goes god..... I tell my boss an Italin man from the Bronx i have no lawyer. He says lawyer for what....... Ahhmm i shot my brother before i started working here. thank god he never judged me for that. long story short he goes to the bank and get 250 dollars. The shop manager goes to the bank and gets 250 dollars. they hand it to me and say put that down on your lawyer so he can appear in court tomorrow. i went to court with no lawyer but god. it just so happened that the lawyer i was going to hire was their. so i just told the judge i have no lawyer but the lawyer i discussed my case with is hear. With a shock on his face the judge asks the lawyer is that true, And the lawyer said yes we have discussed his case. he represented me for free that day. i gave him the money later on.

My lawyer called me later on in December and said they are willing to give you 3 and a half years state prison time. I said um mm NO. Less than a week later he calls me and says" 2 years is your final offer kid". in my head I am like where do i sign. But i still said no. I just didn't want to tell him I'll take it. My next court date was January 17th 2008.The judge said Mr. Lambert will you take the 2 years or go to trial,and i signed 1 year for criminal possession of a weapon in the second and 1 year for assault 2. Nobody in the world gets 2 years for shooting somebody unless god is on your side. i was sentenced to go to jail april17t 2008 i got a week extension so i went April 24th,2008.I served a total of 16 months in prison. Prison in my mind until i was delivered, and Prison in flesh till i was delivered. While incarcerated i definitely became that fiery christian i am. i had bible study every morning. After about 9 months in i got moved to another cell block then another till i ended up working on the minor block serving trays and cleaning up.( THE WORST BLOCK IN THE JAIL). The minors threw feces on people,spoiled milk,stealing each others food, fights every day,i mean mayhem. So i said to god why the minor block? Well i didn't hesitate i just said to god you got some work for me to do. I went their and god used me something serious. Bible study twice a day.1 fight in the hallway in 90 days and we were like a little family. It all boiled down that about 15 young men got saved gave their life to Jesus Christ. I got released June 5th,2009. Now call me Pastor "Christian Curt" Lambert. shouts out to wake Eden who gave me my first sermon to preach and shouts out to Bronx Bethany church of the Nazarene a spirit filled community where we provide access to the church of god.

As a christian just stay encouraged and remember prayer changing things.GOD LOVES YOU. Treat him like you know

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN JESUS NAME EVERYTHING WORKS GOOD FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.