Dorothy and I were married in Las Vegas August 6th, 2006.

I sold my house in Del Valle and moved into her home in San Marco.

I paid off her mortgage and car note, getting her out of debt for the first time.

We found a church home at Solid Rock Church where I could finally use my gift.

I had a stroke in October of 2008 and was forced into retirement.

Dorothy got SSDI two years later and we have been living off SS and retirement funds.

Around seven years ago Dorothy was diagnosed with vascular dementia and I am once again a primary care giver. Those five years tending to my late wife’s illness was a proving ground for this season of life.

I have left out much because there is too much to relate to in this short post.

The high point of our SRC attendance was finding my accountability partner who has been a constant dependable source of counsel and vigilant prayer partner.

Beginning on January 1, 2014 I have been posting about my adventures with Christ on the internet and via e-mails. It has been my great pleasure to do so and I pray that some of those I have reached in countries around the world have come to know the Lord. Amen

And now it is time to get back to business. Tomorrow I want to talk about Jesus.

Until then, God bless you and keep you.

1 Corinthians 7:8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.

When my first wife died she made me promise to get remarried, she said I deserved to be happy. Do I keep my promise or obey my Lord?

During those five years of serving as husband, father, care giver and employee, I was promoted to production planner and moved out into a cubicle on the production floor. It was there that my fellow employees, having witnessed my change into the “new man”, came seeking advice.

One in particular was instrumental in my next season of life. He asked; “I prayed to God for a godly woman and I know He gave me this wife. Why is it that she makes me so miserable?”

My answer still rings in my ears even today, “You prayed for what you wanted rather than what God wanted for you.”

He ended up doing that and ended up remarrying his first wife and being the father to his twin sons. The day he left work he said, “I am moving to Louisiana and becoming a pastor.”

When my wife died I took my own advice. “Father, what is your will for me?”

The next six months God showed me through signs and wonders what my next wife had gone through so that when I would meet her I would know she was God’s choice for me.

I was ready to meet her but God had not revealed her to me. Why show me all this and not show me this woman? Then the quoted opening verse spoke to me. Frustrated and disappointed in all I have been through those six months I screamed at God, “Fine have it your way.”

Then God revealed her to me. Our first date lasted for 14 hours and we still talk about it today 20 years later. God was with us that day in the middle of everything we did. Her brother called while we were at dinner to ask “Has he kidnapped you?” We looked at our watches and laughed. We had no idea we had been gone that long.