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If I was caught doing all the things I did wrong back in my drinking days and brought before a judge for each one of them...I might be getting out just about now. I am thankful for the right person who came into my life at the right time that helped me see what alcohol was doing to my life.
I am ever more thankful for the Lord bringing the person into my life that I would listen to that started me on the path of reading God's word and starting my relationship with the Lord.
Many are the things I did wrong and many are the times that my actions could have resulted in death... Even before I knew Him, He was there.
The Lord was watching my back even before I knew who He was.
Stopping the drinking slowed the decline of my life.
Finding the Lord "stopped" the decline of my life and started me on an upward journey. June of 1998 I bought my very first bible and from the first day of starting to read God's word, my life has not been the same.
These past 8 years have been the best 8 years of my whole life.
With the sins removed from my life, my marriage healed. We stopped the divorce with but 10 days left before it would become final and celibrated our 25th anniversary "together" the very next month.
The past 6 years have been the best 6 years of my whole marriage.
There but the grace of God.
As it states in Psalm 40 verses 2-5 ... I can not say what the Lord has done for me any better then that.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.

3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is the man
who makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods.

5 Many, O LORD my God,
are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us
no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them,
they would be too many to declare.

Forgiven, accepted and loved.
Thank you Jesus