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What got me here, Part 7 (final chapter)

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LittleBear:
Dear Joe,

Thank you so much for sharing your testimony. It is a wonderful thing to see God's hand in your life.

From all that you shared there is one thing that touched me deeply. Your family had a lot of love and you were a wonderful big brother. Your parents had so much to overcome and yet they were able to foster a closeness and love in their children. When you told about how you ran into your house and immediately looked for your little sister, it broke my heart. I have an older brother, but he was a cruel and abusive boy and he did me much harm. Throughout my childhood and adolesence I longed for an older brother who would love me and I could never understand why he hated me as much as he did. It warms my heart to know that you loved your younger siblings. God bless you and keep you.

Sincerely,

Ursula

hebrewroots98:
WOW!  and we wonder where Hollywood gets such ideas from to make hit movies! ;)  I hated to see that Tony and Chris had died (As I have two brothers who are birds of a feather as well, almost like twins... they can't seem to live w/o each other and they are 39 and 40 yo; they are together as we speak as a matter of fact. They too have a horrible history of drug abuse and addiction, but, God healed them about 6 mos ago, after 25 yrs of abuse ontheri bodies.  God is in the miricle buisness for sure, for my brothers as well as you Joe, and many, many others who are in this terrible bondage. ;D  This gives me hope for them.  No longer do you (and my bro's.) turn to heal your pains through the numbing effects of drugs, but you now rely on Gods' truths and like minded brothers to make you feel better when you need a fix! :D

That mafioso dad was stereotypical; until he asked you to pray for his youngest son ;D.  And really Joe, you came from a decent home and you were a decent child; it just goes to show the extent that the beast in each one of us can go from innoicence to  The beast!....AND BACK TO GOD AND INNOCENCE. 

AMEN, AND THANKS FOR SHARING!  I know that took alot of guts :D

sansmile:
Joe,

Well, i just don't know what to say. Reading your story has shown me how blessed i am. What pain you have been through, but in it you can see He never left your side. He knew you before you were in your mothers womb!

God Bless You Joe and thank you for sharing and what a gift you have for writing x

pylady:
Dear Joe,

I don't very often post because there's just so much to read and learn.  But your story moved me so it brought tears to my eyes.  What a turbulent life you've had.  No wonder you tried to numb yourself whenever you could!  Thank the good Lord that He has protected you thru it all, and brought you home to His peace.

With Christian love,   
   Cindy

P.S.   I also grew up in Rochester.

hillsbororiver:
To everyone who responded (and those who didn't),

I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the kind and loving words you wrote, and for your fellowship here in the Forum. What prompted me to begin writing about my past is I started thinking of what my life might be like right now if the Lord had not led me to Bible Truths and open my eyes to the incredibly liberating spiritual truths the Lord has given Ray to share with us.

Every now and then in the course of my daily life I will observe (intensely clearer than I do normally) people interacting with each other and for a brief moment I will see them as untethered to any real Foundation without the Peace that I at times seem to take for granted, I will see folks that appear lost or embittered by the apparent unfairness in this world, the seemingly unsolvable problems in our present daily lives. Things move so fast, they seem to move faster every day, without having our feet secured on the solid Foundation that is Jesus Christ what do we have to anchor us? Our own perceptions, our own ideas, our own solutions, our own ideas of fairness, righteousness? Heaven forbid! I thank God I no longer have to live with all of that, being consumed with political or social issues, hating my enemies, seeking revenge or attempting to find truth and justice in temporal earthly things, I feel we are so fortunate to know it is all dung.

Often the thought comes up "do things really have to be this difficult?" Couldn't God have figured out a less painful way to create Sons and Daughters? Because He is Perfect His plan is perfect, this I can only know through faith and the example the Father gave us with His beloved Son. Do I fully understand it? The short answer is no, but through faith and seeing the depths of His incomprehensible Wisdom as shown through His Word I do really appreciate the gift of faith that I once thought I could only possess by my own supposed free will.

Thank you God for using Ray (and my fellow members) to let me in on and underline the fact that no matter what happens to us as individuals or to our countries, it is all temporary, eventually (even quickly) this all will pass as the fullness of our real future is closer to fruition than we often if ever realize. 

Again, thank you all in indulging me through that rather lengthly testimony, I originally thought I could do it in three parts but I found it would be impossible after the first few paragraphs, there of course is much I left out but I do believe I was able to communicate to my spiritual family here how I came to be dragged to Him and give a sense of who and what I am and how I got that way.

Bless you all, your Brother,

Joe

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