Better late than never

Before I was born into my relationship with Christ, I struggled with almost aspects of my life. Relationships, schooling, career, family life, it seemed these provided an unending set of problems that I had to fight with my own limited personal resources. The everyday crisis management mode of my life took such a toll on me that I often escaped into excesses of drugs and other behavior that blunted my experience of God's beautiful world and His gift of life.

I recall being asked to support a business launch at work that I did not believe in, that had serious defects. Feeling that I had no choice, I so poured myself into supporting what I knew to be a flawed concept that I lost sight of my family for years, resulting in a divorce and damaged relations with my girls, who all suffered as a result.

I accepted Christ as my savior on July 1, 2007.

I was able to lay my disabling stress at the foot of the cross, to begin growing my relationships for the better, to experience true joy in my life and work, and to finally experience freedom from stress.

I have been able to help my mentally ill 29 year old daughter find a stable living space and treatments, with the real hope that she will be able to eventually have a full life. She likes to attend church with my wife and me. My two other daughters are doing very well materially, at least.

I feel sure that my life story will eventually help all of my daughters find their way in their own lives someday, as I continue to share my story with them. I now know about the way Jesus has shown us to connect with our pure and loving God, and has provided a life saving way for all people to deal with the trials of life that extends to us even when we depart from this earthly life.