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Faith: When To Find It

Non-believers in The Lord Jesus Christ often wait until their lives are spiritually out of control before looking for faith. The sad thing is that it is not the time to look for one’s faith. That needs to happen long before those times happen!

However, for believers, there is a trap that Satan sets that we all must be aware of, and that is a sense of false confidence in our faith. What I mean is that for so many believers who come to believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus, they think that is all there is to it, which is the furthest thing from the truth! Without daily ( and sometimes hourly) diligence in one’s faith, Satan will attack in ways you have never seen. So how do any of us deal with these attacks? It’s really simple.

Bury your face in the Holy Bible, for that is the only defense any of us really have or want.

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She Is Special

There is a very special woman who came back into my life several months ago, and at first, I thought it was no big deal. Boy, was I wrong about that by a long shot. She is extremely shy by nature, and frankly, it is kind of refreshing. When we first came back together, I couldn’t get her to say 5 words together. Now, let’s say that has changed as she is blossoming into this magnificent woman of God. The thing is, we both know that this will never be some big-time romance ( unless God has other plans), and that’s ok with both of us. So you may be wondering how to describe this magical woman? As I said, she is shy by nature but has a unique sense of humor, and frankly, she brings peace to me that I have not known in a very long time. To her, I am ( private nickname), and she lets me be me. We have never talked on the phone, but there are days when we e-mail numerous times a day. ( I think our record is 11 times in one day) When we have ” bumps” in our relationship, we have learned that there is nothing we can’t talk about. She is an extremely talented artist, and all you have to do is look at the inside of my house! Her name is not important to put on here, but I want people to know that I am so blessed to have her in my life, and you see, I lost my wife over a year ago, and if this woman had not come back into my life, I would have simply given up by now. Not hurt myself, just stop trying in life.

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One Year Ago Today It Was Time To Bring Her Home

On this day one year ago I made the tough and right decision to bring the love of my life home so she could die in our home. That day lasted longer than we thought as she lasted until April 3rd. As painful as the decision was to bring her home I will always believe it was the right decision at the time. I have some tough days ahead and the biggest concern is getting me through Christmas Eve. No matter what I do I will come back to our empty 3 bedroom home and our cat. There is simply no way around it. I do get tired of people reminding me that this is a year of first for me. I was aware of that the day I lost her. My neighbor said today that on Christmas Day I will be doing something with him and his wife. One of the things that her and I didn’t really anticpate was some linger health issues that I really can’t get a handle on.

However, her biggest fear has come true and that fear was that I would be so physically alone. The thing is there are millions of men in my situation who lose their life long partner and wake up one day and realize they are all alone. It something we learn to accept whether we like it or not.

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God Works In Mysterious Ways

Earlier today something told me I needed to go to a certain Christian bookstore. I wasn’t sure as to why but I went anyway. While I was looking at some books I saw a gentleman fall. There was another gentleman trying to help him up but was struggling to do so with any good fortune. So I walked out to help and we were able to get the gentleman back on his feet. I thought ” now I know why I was sent here”. I went back into the store to start looking again when the gentleman that was helping approached me about a book I was going to purchase. We started talking and I mentioned the loss of my wife. He said his mother had died a few weeks back and his father was really struggling. I shared some insight on what it’s like to lose a spouse. His mother-in-law and wife walked up and we started talking about my current situation. The more we talked the more it became clear that I knew what I had to do and that is to be truer to my faith walk. Then comes the question of how do I go about that? At this point I simply don’t know what to do but I have to get past what others might think and do what God has put on my heart!