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my story
My story is not much different than most you've heard. I was raised in Upstate NY in your typical Italian / Scottish catholic family. Church on Sundays, live in the world Monday through Saturday. I Moved to California in 1981, i met a person who invited to a youth function kind of like boy scouts called christian eagles. i went & became interested in the things i heard. I became engulfed in what God had to tell me through his word. when i became a teen, the usual things came up sports, girls, music, & friends. God took a back seat & as time went he just got kicked out of the car completely. after high school i joined the military & spent some good years there growing up. My wife & I had been married since 1991 & in 1994 we decided to have kids, well it wasnt to be. the Doctors declared her infertile & told her she had a better chance of hitting the lottery in every state at once. well me being a former on fire believer said " in Gods time" now at the time i kind of believed it but didnt trust in it. Well as we know God has a sense of humor, in 2001 we were in the process of adopting, when my wife called me to tell me why she was feeling so sick for the last 4 months, she was indeed pregnant. God handed me a healthy happy boy & still i didnt turn back to him. God gave me another miracle in 2005 & my daughter as born. you would think id wake up...... i lost my brother to drugs & suicide in 1995 & my father to lung cancer in 2006, & my closest friend in this world to a heart attack in 2007. i couldnt take it anymore, i was depressed & my anxiety was sky high, i was drinking too much & smoking too much. my friend whom i met when i moved here is a pastor & i called him just to talk & that's when he blasted me with it, " you know whats wrong, you need to come back to God & let him take on your burdens" well that was February of 2008. I CAN tell you i have seen God work miracles in my life & now i give him total credit for it. I lean on him way too much, but he likes it...lol. I fall more in love with his glory & grace everyday. My son loves him so much he wants to be a pastor & he's 7. so my story isnt a major one, but i can tell you if your suffering with depression or other disorders STOP, LET GO & LET GOD....He WILL Deliver you. Tell him Thank You everyday.
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