Gods In It...(Pt.1)

[Altonwoods]

Note to readers: This blog is a narrative of an as of yet still unfolding story which is my life. I've included numerous links to blogs I wrote over the last four years on Yahoo 360 before it's demise which
serve as the "storyline" or Back story. I've never done a three part
piece but due to the complexity and length of the story I felt it was
necessary. I do hope that you enjoy it...

Do you see the working of the Holy Spirit in your life on a regular basis? As human's we're entitled to see the events and circumstances of our lives in any way we choose according to our own beliefs. It's the
central feature of our free will to acknowledge something or nothing
supernatural as playing a part in our lives. Many people believe in only
what they can see, in the works of men or in their own abilities,
some in luck and coincidence, still others see everything as having an
intelligent plan behind it, they believe that everything happens for a
reason, that there are no accidents and everything happens "on purpose".
I think this synopsis covers most of the bases, personally I believe
that because God loves me He is vitally and passionately interested in
every detail of my life! I can look back upon the years of my life and
see His hand on me, places where He guided me, counseled me, and
delivered me from and through so many things. I can also very easily see
His love for me through His care and provision in my life. One thing
I've noticed about how God seems to work is that when He does something
it's never about just one person. Whatever He does always affects many
people who are related through circumstances in a positive way.

Gin rummy is a card game where you collect cards that have some sequential relationship to each other and then lay them down for points. The ultimate goal is to match up every card you have into a set of some
type leaving you card-less and thus achieving "Gin"!

My card game began back in February of '06 early one morning when I fell on my slightly damp and slippery rough sawed oak front steps and completely tore my rotator cuff. After my surgery I was off of work for
about 6mo's. During that summer my wife also unfortunately lost her job
as a nurse because of a procedural error she was blamed for which
resulted in her nursing license being suspended. In August I went back
to work and was digging myself out of the deep hole I was in when I was
told my child support would be going from the 400.00 a
month plus 150.00 towards arrears that I was regularly paying to a new
total of 700.00 a month because of some medical bills I'd never seen but
that I was now liable for. Also, it was decided by the government that I
and my daughter needed to be automatically enrolled in the health care
plan offered by my employer which cost me over 300.00 more a month, she
already had insurance but hey, more is better right? In order to try and
cope with this financial tsunami I decided that the only thing for
me to do was to try and get a better paying job. After completing an
over the phone interview, J.B. Hunt told me that I was hired and that I
should go to St. Louis, Mo. and report to orientation classes which I did. ( I'm not sure
how it has to do with the overall story but I feel as though I need to
mention that my father passed away in July of this year which was
immediately prior to my trip to St.Louis) Three days into it they
told me that they can't hire me because I have a preventable accident on
my record. I was involved in an accident while driving an 18 wheeler in
'05 but I wasn't cited for it by the investigating DOT
officer's. After I quit working for them the company turned the
accident in to the driver advocacy council (DAC) as being my fault which
essentially black-balled me from getting any driving job. I
came home in disgust, and a gentleman whom I had talked to previously
about logging my property called me up out of the blue and said he could
get right on it! I made a couple thousand dollars that I used to try
and start up a home based internet business with a friend of mine which promptly failed. Everything I became involved with
failed pretty much right away, nothing I tried worked out! I remember at one point I was
desperately trying to sell firewood, it was a Sunday and I had a load
sold that was about three quarter's finished. I decided that I wouldn't
finish the load because it was Sunday and I wanted to observe the
sabbath. That night it rained hard and the next day when I tried to get
my truck out it sank down to the axles in mud! That truck sat there for
probably 3 months before my stepson brought out his skidder and winched it out.

I was getting discouraged...