From nothing to Something

self centered, cheap thrills,loneliness, financial problems, marriage problems, anger/temper, worries/anxiety, the road of life I chose which was -living Large!

Although going to catholic church every sunday and going through conformation most of my life; when my parents got divorced in 9th grade everything got unraveled in my life. This was the time when I was left basically alone with my own decisions to make. With older brother going to college and my dad working construction;I was given just a few rules to follow . I was told that if I wanted to be treated like a man than I had to act like one . #1 get all b's on report cards and stay out of jail and trouble! #2 keep house clean during the week and cook dinners through the week. Those were the rules that I had to live by. Having my father smoke pot with my brother, led me to start smoking it and doing everything else that went along with that life style.I believed in GOD all the time but surely did not know him personally. A the age 16 , I had a very good freind who was about 22 ; a person that everybody knew and thought was a very esteemed person in our town, he woke me up about our LORD and from that piont I tried to change everything in my life . I did'nt succeedvery well; trying on my own !But it stuck with me all along the way.

All that I was taught as a child started to sink in deep in my soul to be a part of my lifes journey.

Now that GOD has gotten my FULL attention "finally".I began seeing our world so differently and as a whole instead of my little world!

After 4 to 5 x's of near death experiences; the last being the most miraculous. @ brain surgeries , fractured c2 in my neck, all ribs broke on right side, punctured both lungs , and some other bones broken as well. Being in a coma for a month ; I was saved by the GRACE of GOD . All who knew about this accident knew it was a miracle. Then 8 months later I was interwiewed and put on the front page of the newspaper ,Flint Journal; I was called the SECOND CHANCE MAN. Though I deal with brain injuries and physical pain ,I'm hungry to serve my LORD whom loved me so much as to spare me for his plan for me.

Any type of doubt that I may have had in my life had been totally wiped out of me . Now I know without a doubt that GOD is as real as I am and alot more alive than I am.If it were not for GOD I would not be breathing or even able to help others as it is GOD that has always helped me and it has been me that has always fallen short, my descion making I now look at tthe persons spirit and feel their pains ,hurts , All I strive to do is put a smile on GOD's face for the rest of my life.