READ on and see what Jesus has done for me.
If you don't want to read the whole story, at least read the very ending of it
     When I was young I had it pretty good as a kid. I lost my mother when I was 19 and that is a great loss to anyone.  She was sick in the hospital for a long time and I prayed so earnestly for her to live, as I had faith in Him to heal her but God wanted har and said it was her time to move on to a better home. I finally gave in and told God that if  He wanted het, There was nothing I could do  about it. All I could do was to let Him have His way.  BUT, Praise God, I lived through that.
      A few months later, I joined the military and found another life on my own. I found a girl there  and she was just as pretty as the stars in heaven. She came down with an illness and there was another time I had to give up something I dearly loved. This time  it was quite different than my mother as we all know. But, I prayed so feverishly for God to help me keep her but He said it is best I don't. So, I let God have His own way again.
      BOTH of these instances were for the best, but I didn't recognise it  at the time. God has  His own way of doing things and it is not for us to question Him.
BUT, Praise God, I lived through that.
      After I came out of the military, I went to my home town and couldn't find  work there. I went to Houston, Tx. and found work  right off. I also found a lady-friend that I grew fond of very quickly. After a few dates and an engagement, we  became husband and  wife. We had a baby girl (Chrissy) and about 18 mos. later had another girl. (Cherrie)
      Well, naturally, I wanted a son also so here we go again. The youngest girl was about a year old when my wife got pregnant with the third baby. The   doctors told my wife it wasn't good to have any more babys as it was bad for her health. ( I still didn't have a  son yet)
      Chrissy was 3yrs.  old and Cherrie was 18 mos. My wife was about 6 mos. pregnant when we lost Cherrie at 18 mos. old. That was such a terrible loss and I can still vision the death in my mind as clear as day. Without going into a long story, I will just say it was a case of drowning. I and the police investigators, to this day believe there was foul play in the incendent.
BUT, Praise God, I lived through that.
      A few months later, we had  the third baby. A GIRL   again ! We still wanted a son so despite the doctor, we gave it another try. Exactly to the day, a year later,  we had  our son we wanted. They were born on the same exact day one year apart AND on my Daddy's birthday ! My wife and I talked and decided to  have things sewed up so we wouldn't endanger her body having another.

      At this time I was doing quite well financially. But things happened and my job went down the drain.  I had work, but not as good as before. The pay was much smaller and hard to manage. The wife had problems managing the kids and she decided that she didn't want to be married any more. That was the  only excuse I could get from her. She said I was a good husband and a good provider, but  she just wasn't the kind to be married.  She found another life and I  had the kids. I   raised them for 7 1/2 years by myself.
And, Praise God, I lived through that.
       My children are grown now, and I am very proud of each one of them in thier own way.
I have lower back problems and somehow, I got into moving business with a large moving company. Thank God !  I had to be careful  not to injur my back any more than it is already. BUT, I messed up my back again just as I was getting ahead and had a nice two bedroom, two bath apt. for just me, my puter and my cat. (My Baby) I had to take off work for some time and that  really put me in a kink financially. I lost  almost everything. My furniture, fine china, clothes, and expensive stereo equipment as I had  all those things in storage and couldn't pay the storage costs.
BUT, Praise God, I am living through that.
      With what little money I had left, I rented a cheap room to live. Going  into the third week, I  didn't know where I would get the money to pay for another week of rent. I had  very little to eat and sharing with my cat what little I had. ( I thought  for a while I  would have to  share with   HER). As I lay down for the night, I  prayed for Jesus to help me some way. When I  prayed, I told Jesus that I wanted some work but I didn't even have the clothes to go looking for a job. IF I did have the clothes, I  wouldn't know which way to go as far as looking. I  did go to  a few places, but some of them seemed to look down on my age and hard to get a job.
      WELL, PRAISE GOD, I recieved a phone call to  go to work the next  morning. The work is seasonable and jobs come in spurts.
      And now, I am in a bind right now as far as work and not very well financially fit because of the work is slow. Besides my  lower back problems which makes it difficult for me to  work, but God gives me the strength to carry on.   Most of the time I am living from week to week and sometimes it is from day to day. The job pays well, but there isn't enough to keep a regular budget.
BUT, Praise God, I am living through that.
      EACH DAY, I pray and ask Jesus to help me survive. Each day He answers my prayers.
SO, BELIEVE in Jesus and trust Him each day to day. THAT is how I survive. He is  my  ONLY HOPE
      I  just recieved a phone call as I   started this web page and now I have all the work I can handle.
            PRAISE GOD