H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E.: Hearing Other People's Experiences
This is part of my experiences:
DON’T EVER GIVE UP ON GOD OR YOUR SELF! ...
What ever you are doing in your life, you can and you will do all the things GOD want’s you to do. GOD made us for Himself and we belong to Him always. GOD will see to it we get to the place He needs us to be at the end of each day. Yes our life sometimes is very difficult, but that is how we grow to know ourselves and GOD better. GOD lets the bad things happen to us, not because He wants us to suffer but because He knows more then we do about our lives and our true needs. We are meant to become perfect before GOD’S eyes so GOD lets only the things we can handle and grow from happen to us. GOD will not let us fail in his works when we trust in Him.
I have had seven heart surgeries in my life and a pacemaker device implanted in my chest at 10 years old. Growing up was not always fun. I did not get to do a lot of the things other kids did, like sports. I also have dyslexia and was 22 by the time I could read at the high school level. I now have a B.A. and an M.A. in Fine Arts. I read better now and still spell very poorly. I did not like all the things this stuff was about in my life. although GOD was there all the time. I can see now that Jesus was carrying me all that time.
In 1998 I thought my life could not get any harder. I had paid my dues by then I thought. I got married to beautiful loving Loree. We soon had a son Albert (we call A.J.). Our son is the coolest kid I have ever met. He has taught me more than any one person ever has. Not just because he is my kid but because he truly belongs to GOD first before he belongs to us. He came into my life to change everything I know about life.
My son AJ is a kid of special needs. AJ was born Dec. 17, 1998 at 36 weeks gestation. He weighed 3.7lbs. He is a kid of special needs. He was born with broken femurs although he was born by cesarean. He has scoliosis of the back. His legs do not move and his right arm is flacid, the left arm has limited range of motion. He eats by a "G" tube in his tummy and can't swallow. He has a tracheotomy in his neck to breath through SIMV, a ventilation device to assist with his breathing. He’s extremely nearsighted and what he truly sees we just don’t really know. Most would describe A.J as a quadriplegic. He cannot speak. AJ is a wonderful inspiration to my wife and family and we are very honored and thankful to be his parents. our family tries to focus on what AJ can do and to nurture those developments. Giving up is not an option.
I am also inspired by two beautiful daughters who motivate me to accept what God has planned for me. they unknowingly as my son has done, helped me to live a better life full of fun and wonder. I become a better man and human from all they show me as they grow to be there own persons.
My only sister Maureen 40, February 25, 2009 Ash Wednesday. took her life by suicide. this has been the most pain. I have had in my life. but I for give her of it. she was and is my best friend! she is who I looked to to hold me up when I was having a hard time. I am to small to wrap my mind around whys. so I have to give it up to God to handle for me. God knew before time began this would be the way of my sister. God will hold me up in a new way. GOD is the unfathomable abyss of Holy mercy that has no end. any thing we do is so small in this it is as if it was not. no doctor heals a human. it is the Hand of God that heals us that are human.
life is not easy to live in some times. I get afraid some times and for get to look that God is always next to me. there is nothing in life that is so BIG that I can not overcome it, especially the bumps that used to look like mountains. I have had the opportunity to grow much in my life. I have joy in my life, from all the love and kindness GOD has given me. Every day I get to live is a miracle from GOD to me.
Thank you GOD for my life. Thank you Christ for carrying me all this way. May GOD bless your adventures and all that you do in your life. Do not lose sight of Christ in your life. JESUS is the only way home.
Be inattentional in getting to know Jesus.
Jesus has waited all eternity for each one of us to be born to love us…
H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E.: Hearing Other People's Experiences
This is part of my experiences:
DON’T EVER GIVE UP ON GOD OR YOUR SELF! ...
What ever you are doing in your life, you can and you will do all the things GOD want’s you to do. GOD made us for Himself and we belong to Him always. GOD will see to it we get to the place He needs us to be at the end of each day. Yes our life sometimes is very difficult, but that is how we grow to know ourselves and GOD better. GOD lets the bad things happen to us, not because He wants us to suffer but because He knows more then we do about our lives and our true needs. We are meant to become perfect before GOD’S eyes so GOD lets only the things we can handle and grow from happen to us. GOD will not let us fail in his works when we trust in Him.
I have had seven heart surgeries in my life and a pacemaker device implanted in my chest at 10 years old. Growing up was not always fun. I did not get to do a lot of the things other kids did, like sports. I also have dyslexia and was 22 by the time I could read at the high school level. I now have a B.A. and an M.A. in Fine Arts. I read better now and still spell very poorly. I did not like all the things this stuff was about in my life. although GOD was there all the time. I can see now that Jesus was carrying me all that time.
In 1998 I thought my life could not get any harder. I had paid my dues by then I thought. I got married to beautiful loving Loree. We soon had a son Albert (we call A.J.). Our son is the coolest kid I have ever met. He has taught me more than any one person ever has. Not just because he is my kid but because he truly belongs to GOD first before he belongs to us. He came into my life to change everything I know about life.
My son AJ is a kid of special needs. AJ was born Dec. 17, 1998 at 36 weeks gestation. He weighed 3.7lbs. He is a kid of special needs. He was born with broken femurs although he was born by cesarean. He has scoliosis of the back. His legs do not move and his right arm is flacid, the left arm has limited range of motion. He eats by a "G" tube in his tummy and can't swallow. He has a tracheotomy in his neck to breath through SIMV, a ventilation device to assist with his breathing. He’s extremely nearsighted and what he truly sees we just don’t really know. Most would describe A.J as a quadriplegic. He cannot speak. AJ is a wonderful inspiration to my wife and family and we are very honored and thankful to be his parents. our family tries to focus on what AJ can do and to nurture those developments. Giving up is not an option.
I am also inspired by two beautiful daughters who motivate me to accept what God has planned for me. they unknowingly as my son has done, helped me to live a better life full of fun and wonder. I become a better man and human from all they show me as they grow to be there own persons.
My only sister Maureen 40, February 25, 2009 Ash Wednesday. took her life by suicide. this has been the most pain. I have had in my life. but I for give her of it. she was and is my best friend! she is who I looked to to hold me up when I was having a hard time. I am to small to wrap my mind around whys. so I have to give it up to God to handle for me. God knew before time began this would be the way of my sister. God will hold me up in a new way. GOD is the unfathomable abyss of Holy mercy that has no end. any thing we do is so small in this it is as if it was not. no doctor heals a human. it is the Hand of God that heals us that are human.
life is not easy to live in some times. I get afraid some times and for get to look that God is always next to me. there is nothing in life that is so BIG that I can not overcome it, especially the bumps that used to look like mountains. I have had the opportunity to grow much in my life. I have joy in my life, from all the love and kindness GOD has given me. Every day I get to live is a miracle from GOD to me.
Thank you GOD for my life. Thank you Christ for carrying me all this way. May GOD bless your adventures and all that you do in your life. Do not lose sight of Christ in your life. JESUS is the only way home.
Be inattentional in getting to know Jesus.
Jesus has waited all eternity for each one of us to be born to love us…