Good v. Evil, the Spiritual Battle

I willingly stepped down from my management position and accepted a staff medic job. My new position was a a 12 hour shift working 3 days one week 4 days the next. Not too bad, it gave me more days off to enjoy family. My partner, was a young very attractive brunette. She was energetic, and a little on the wild side. Most guys were attracted to her and found her very fun to be around.

Good v. Evil, that was the bet going on. Most people put their wages on evil. I was well known for my christian faith that being the good and my partner was better known for being wild that being the evil. I'm pretty sure there was a few co-workers who hoped that I would stumble and fall. Their prayer was that I would give in to temptation and have an affair. Ultimately ruining my credibility as a christian and my name.

Here is what the gamblers didn't know, God blessed me with a wife. My wife is my prize and I am perfectly happy at home. As far as having a lustful eye, God blessed me with lustful blindness. I see far beyond the superficial outward beauty, I see the heart. When it came to my new partner, sure she was beautiful young lady, but she was very broken and hurt on the inside.

Just saying for those ladies who are blessed with outward beauty, it is also a curse. A curse because many men can't get past the outside and view you as a challenge. They will do and say anything they can to capture you and use your body. I call them predators. If a man can not appreciate your beauty on the inside first, then he is not worthy of a relationship with you. Your body is a gift from God, and God wants to give that gift to the man He has chosen for you. Protect it.

Within no time at all, my new partner became a good family friend. My wife loved her and so did my children. As our friendship grew, I began to learn how right I was about her hurt and broken she was feeling inside. She began to share about the abuse she faced throughout her life. Physical, sexual, verbal, all kinds of abuse. Her number one perpetrator was her father.

Our family began to minister to her. I would listen at work, I would give advice, most of all I encouraged Christ. She began coming to church with us and over time she began to see who God was. It was during a revival service with Ron Herrod when she gave her life to Christ. That is when healing began. The healing process was painful for her, but God was now on the inside where He could work best in this hurt broken life.

As far as good v. evil, God won! In my next post I will share more about the pain and how God acted in a divine way. You will not want to miss the next post. There was definitely a battle going on and it was spiritual for sure.

The picture is not my partner, this pretty girl is Allison. She is absolutely one of the most beautiful people I know. She is my Hero in the Faith. I am so blessed to know her. If you ever want to experience God, you should meet her.

Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

May my life be the proof and evidence of Christ's love!

God Used Her Yes To Lead Me Right To Him

Shortly after Carri and I had made amends, we both quickly realized that we were meant to be together. More than just friends. We had a bond that just seemed so natural, like it was meant to be. Although we had our issues and our differences, we had a connection than ran deep into our core. To me we were soul mates chosen before time by some celestial being or goddess. I say that because at this point in my life I still had not figured out who God was.

I made the investment, I bought the ring. I had all kinds of romantic plans on how and when I was going to pose the big question and present the diamond ring. Candle light dinner, romantic music, have the ring delivered on a silver platter, maybe just simply get on my knee at sunset on the beach.... I had lots of ideas. But before I knew it, excitement got the best of me.

We were driving home from Boca Raton Florida and we had just pulled on to the Sawgrass Expressway into Coral Springs. I was excited, nervous, shaking, voice quivering, sweaty.... Carri gently asked me "are you OK?" immediately and sharply I barked back "NO!" Then I pulled my Isuzu pickup off the road rather abruptly, Carri's eyes got as big as a full moon and fear was all over her face. I told her to get out of the truck, she almost freaked out. She had thought I had lost it and was going crazy. After she got out of my truck, I pulled the seat forward and retrieved the gold and diamond ring. I rushed over to her side of the vehicle, got down on one knee and said "I can't stand this anymore, I can't wait any longer....will you marry me?" After the shock wore off, tears streamed down both of our faces and she said "YES!"

That day, that yes was a defining moment for my life. I didn't realize the impact it was going to have at the time, but I knew I had been given a gift. This gift could never have been created, planned or prearranged by just any celestial being or even a make believe goddess at that. It was obvious that Carri was a part of me and I of her. We would soon become husband and wife and our lives would soon merge together as one.

I share this story because I am certain that this was all in God's plan in revealing himself to me. God put Carri in the center of it all and she never even really knew it at the time. God was using her to lead me to Him.

God did not just plan for me to marry some girl, He planned for me to marry Carri before either one of us were ever born. Because of this I have faithfully prayed for my children's spouses ever since each of them were born. My eldest child Mackenzie was recenlty married in May of 2012. There is no doubt that Morgan, her husband, is the man I had been praying for all these years. Just like me and my children, God has someone chosen already for each of us if we are to be married. Trust Him in bringing the two of you together. You don't want to settle for less, I promise.

The picture, yea that's me and my amazing godly wife! Just wait, you won't believe the testimonies and how God is using our marriage! I won't say much right now, but I will say this; God has blessed us with what many people call a curse. It's name is Huntington's disease.

Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

May my life be the proof and evidence of Christ's love!