'I Saw an Angel,' R&B Artist's Violent Wake Up Call - CBN 700 Club

music has flowed through Marcus Stanley's blood for as long as he can remember he learned to play the piano with little training something he calls a gift from above I really hear stuff on the radio and I would play things that I heard other people do it was all god-given because it wasn't because I had the training or anything it was just because I really wanted to play he started out in church but longed for a bigger stage that big break came after dropping out of high school I got discovered just being at a concert and I actually filled in for someone and the guy was a minute I was a music director for the group and he gave me a car and told me to call him so I started touring really at the age of 16 and went around is actually about 42 states out of the 50 Marcus played for some of the biggest names in the music industry including R&B singer Chris Brown he later began traveling with gospel artists like Donnie McClurkin but he wasn't interested in the message in their music I was not focused on the people I was not focused on the message I was not focused on Christ I was really focused on just making it a musician being a musician being a popular musician and playing for great artists oh yeah the money - there were probably be number one because it was fast money enjoying success Marcus lived extravagantly traveling the country with well-known musicians all of that changed the night of April 2nd 2004 we got in late every night I was actually walking to the store I realized I didn't have my wallet and I hadn't reached the story yet but I turned around and started walking back to go get my wallet umm and I saw these guys standing on the corner that night and they were watching me one of the men approached him but when he said what are you doing out here and I said I'm just chilling he was like you got to roll out and that's when he pulled out a gun from his jacket he had a leather jacket on in the hoodie and he pulled it out and pointed at me he shot it one time after falling to the ground he was shot seven more times up close when I first saw the flash I didn't know I got shot I just remember hitting the ground and then when you stood over top of me that's when I saw a angel getting in front of me and I remember because I didn't have time to think about that it was a instantaneous thing I asked him to describe what he saw it was probably me I'm six foot seven angels probably seven foot something and it was just a transparent figure I couldn't tell if it was a male or female it didn't I didn't see wings or anything like that but I saw it was like clear transparent and it was in front of me I knew of the angel just because of the protection it got into a position like this in front of me and I remember seeing that the men stood over Marcus laughing thinking they had just killed him still barely alive he managed to dial 911 paramedics arrived they offered little hope he would survive I was like god help me help me make it I just remember trying to stay awake it was like a movie you know you see see that stuff in the movie you see the light up and you see people are light flashing before your eyes it was like that for me except then I started thinking about what would happen if I did that I was like nobody's gonna know what happened to me at the hospital Marcus went immediately into surgery where he told me he saw a familiar face saw a lot of doctors and nurses just kind of standing and I remember looking as I'm getting ready for surgery I remember looking and seeing the same angel that was there on the street and the angel was just kind of like arms crossed like this and just like it didn't do anything or say anything was kinda like nodding his head doctors faced a major challenge while operating I had my colon reattached half a stomach my stomach got remove her spleen got removed completely after my pancreas had some very extensive surgery of there's certain things about my body that are not the same that meant MutS in rehab including learning to walk again another major change nerve damage in his right arm left him without feeling in his hand doctors told Marquez his piano playing days were over but he proved them wrong making it back to touring within months the amazing recovery came with the price however as he popped painkillers for relief thankful to be alive his relationship with God was still shallow five years later Marquez hit rock bottom struggling with drug addiction and depression I got to a point where in desperation I was like I can't do this anymore and that's when everything changed for me as far as pursuing saying I need Jesus took me a long time to get there police later told Marcus that a gang initiation led to his shooting that caught the men but witnesses wouldn't testify against them allowing them to go free today Marcus travels the world sharing his story he says his love of music is now part of his life's mission which includes talking with youth groups and high school students it's not really about the music it's more about what God's done in my life and I aim to make him famous at everything that I do and to show his glory Charlene Aaron CBN News Glen Allen Virginia

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Length: 5min 50sec (350 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 03 2014