I am in the last year of my fourth decade. I am married to a beautiful woman who has lived out the meaning of grace before my eyes. I have four great kids, three sons(23,19,15) and a daughter (21) and just recently a daughter-in-law. There is a group of wonderful people who call themselves Living Hope Church that allow me to preach and minister alongside them. I enjoy hanging out with my family and friends, running, hunting, fishing and reading. I love listening to classic rock and bluegrass music.
I am learning to express my religion and beliefs to others instead of keeping them to myself.
In the past, my God, Lord and Savior were always within me in my heart and soul. That is where I kept Him. I don’t know why, I just knew He was always there watching over me. Maybe I thought someone would take Him away from me, if I shared Him. My Dad was taken away from me when mom and dad divorced and my dad was my hero, we were really close. I became convinced that no one would be there for me in my future. But I knew that my God, Lord and Savior would be. So I kept God to myself and talked and prayed to Him whenever I needed Him. Now so many things in my past are summing up to why they were done that way. I didn’t realize that God has guided my life all along and now I can make sense out of my past life because I am closer to God and this is what He made me see. He guided my husband and me to meet, to marry. I am grateful to Him for picking us to be parents. He has guided my children, and my retirement.” He has been working in our lives all along. Sometimes you feel you are in control of your life, so you make decisions according to how you want your life to be. But God has already made those decisions. We just have to realize it was Him! We have to listen for Him. He is there, next to you and all around you, if you let Him into your heart and look for the signs, you will see Him and hear Him. I have opened my awareness a lot more since I started attending Living Hope Christian Church. All the people there are loving people and easy to get along with. They are eager to listen and live the way God wants. And those ministers are welcoming and comfortable and easy to talk to and they do not preach down to you. They preach to you and sing with you. Smiles and laughter are important to me and Living Hope Christian Church has all that.