This is how it works!

Everyday I wonder if I wasted my time writing this book and setting out on an endeavor to raise money to open a long term sober living facility that anyone can afford and then; this happens. I was minding my own today and I received an email from someone I met 38 years ago. She was my very first teen girlfriend and love! She had gotten my book and asked if I would call her. I took this as an obvious God moment and I called her. We talked and there were some tears but then there was hope shared that her life can get better and that the life she has is already better than she thought. I told her I would be willing to talk and listen at anytime and I truly believed that if she read the book she would see what is possible for her. She told me she just bought a pink High-liter and was going to hang up and start reading right a way! She later emailed me that the last page in the book was her birthday 03/14 which she took as a message to keep reading and trusting the process.

.This happens every time the evil thread of doubt creeps in just a little bit and suddenly, God shows me I am on the correct path! After the call; I received messages from 4 folks telling me they are loving the book. Doubt is silly especially when we are working toward God's will in our lives. We must always remember that if God wants a thing to happen there is no way to stop it. Subsequently if it something he doesn't want to happen he will block it immediately. I will always be grateful to Sally for teaching me the block it or bless it prayer some 20 years ago. I must always strive to align myself with what God wants and the way to find that is by doing the next right thing. God wants us to do good not bad and right not wrong and that is the purest way to do his will. I stay focused on what is correct as much as possible and he lays before me the next step. Today he laid before me a conversation with a woman in need and followed it up with encouragement from 4 others. My God is Big and awesome and I bet your God is too!

Gone too soon

Today was a sad and difficult day for many of my friends and the family of a young lady that has passed on way too soon. She struggled with addiction and then cancer for most of her adult life. She was a sweet, kind and wonderful person! She has gone to live with the angels in God's house and she left this earthly realm way too early but in the end she did it as a sober woman! She was a fighter and fought to the end and now she will live on for eternity as an example of never giving up and doing the very best she could under horrible circumstances, Ashley you will be missed and I for one am grateful that I knew you! Please pray for her mom and all of those that knew and loved her so that they may find peace amidst the sadness! God bless you ALL!

THAAAAANNNKKKK YOUUUUUU!!!!!!!

Today's thought comes from yesterday's news. Yes it was my birthday and I say that only to say thank you to the over 300 people who wished me a happy birthday! I don't say that for ego's sake. I say that because there was a time when no one would pour water on me if I was on fire. That is a true miracle that those folks took time out of their day to lift me up. I am so very grateful but it also lends to this whole proof movement I am trying to start. A movement of people sharing how God moved mountains and molehills in their lives to help others find their way. The message comes today from the 300 plus people that wished me a happy birthday. You see, about five years ago I started sending a happy birthday wish to anyone who was in my friends list that popped up each day. In the beginning that was maybe 5 people a day but over time I have gained a ton of Facebook friends and there are times when the list is over 20 in a day. I don't say that to say look at what I did. I say that to point out that because I was willing to lift folks up on their birthdays for no gain other then to make them feel special on their special day. The day that God brought them into this world. And without request, they returned the same love to me. The point is when we give of ourselves for fun and for free; others will do that in return in that very same area. So lifting each other up is what I and all those 300 plus folks did and so many of you do in your daily lives. I am just asking us to share those stories with the world and maybe someone else will be lifted up when they might just need it most. All I am doing is affording a platform for all to do it and I hope you will. You don't have to write your life story. The story or stories you share can be daily occurrences or any occurrence where to many things came together for good that coincidence can't explain. God incidences if you will! I hope you got something out of this because I sure did. Today I feel loved and want to share that love and I hope you do too. Thank you for reading this and God Bless!