Hello all.

I could fill a thick book with what God has done for me. I will try and make it as short as I can.

I was born on Feb 14,1969 I was born breached and pigeon toed. One of my legs was shorter than the other. The Doctors said I would have to wear leg braces and corrective shoes.  I was still a infant when my parents and dear grandmother was in a church service one night. I was wrapped in a blanket. The preacher called my parents out in the service and said that I was not whole. He simply said " Father your words say that children should not suffer" I was instantly healed. I never wore a leg brace of any kind my whole life.

I was raised in a religious family. We had been to many different denominations. My grandmother was spirit filled and a mighty prayer warrior. We would have tent revivals all the time. (skipping some now) When I was around 9 or 10 I was chasing one of my sisters around the outside of our house. My dad had built a brick retainer wall about 2 feet high at the front of the driveway. My sister jumped over it, so I jump on it. LOL  I fell chest first on the bricks. I was rushed to the E.R and x-rays showed 3 broke ribs. I could barley breath it hurt so bad. My dad would have to carry me to the bathroom cause I couldn't walk on my own. I was laying on the couch watching T.V my grandmother was there and I was watching Ernest Angley (m/s?). I seen a angel come out of the T.V and touch me, I jumped up and screamed God healed me. My parents screamed and all my Grandmother could do was shout for joy screaming thank you Jesus. When I was 12 we was at a bluegrass festival. I was spinning on a merry go round and some high school boys was spinning me real fast. In the center of the merry go round it had a hole , in that hole was a concrete block. My foot went in the hole and the merry go round stopped. Needles to say I was back in the E.R the x-ray showed my right ankle was shattered. The swelling was so bad they couldn't cast it that night. So they put a splint on it and told me to follow up with our Doctors at home. My dad was caring me back to our camper and he was praying. He stepped in a pot hole and dropped me. OUCH!! Well needles to say I took the splint off that night and was walking on it. And never returned to the doctor for it again.

My dad attended Christ for the Nations in Dallas and he became a minister.He graduated when I was 13. We moved back to Tyler,Texas after this. (Some things left out here.) 

Now knowing all of this I still rebelled with FORCE. I began shooting up at 14. (Coke,speed) I also used LSD and other forms of drugs.   When I was 15 I moved out. My parents separated. A few months after leaving home my sisters (2),mother and grandmother came to my apartment to get me. I got in the car and my grandmother turned around and said to me "Your mom and dad are getting a divorce." I asked why. She said your dad is gay. (another long story short. my dad had been secretly living a gay lifestyle his whole life) Now at 15 this crushed me. I swore off GOD at the time. How could someone who been to Bible College do this?  I rebelled even more.

When I was 17 I was hanging out on the town square. To make another very long story short that night I met my wife. She was married at the time  (I didn't find out this until the next morning. We both told the truth in the A.M.) She said she was married and I said I was only 17 instead of 19. (She was 19) she also had 2 kids already. Well that day July 5,1986 we moved in together. We was married after she was divorced. November 15,1987 Another long story short her 2 kids was taken from us. (her mom and ex) We had our girl on Jan 19,1988 We got the oldest back in 1989 and the middle child in 95 

In 90 I met a girl at work. Another long story short I left my wife (Shelley) for this other girl. We was separated for 15 months and was in process of divorce. In one day I was served a restraining order from Shelley for my little girl (Jennifer)  we was in a bitter custody fight. On that same day I was fired from my Job. On that same day again my girlfriend dumped me. So I was at the BOTTOM of the barrel. I went and stayed with my mom. For 3 days I sat in a corner. All I could do was cry.My mom told me to go see my grandmothers pastor. (Grandma had already past) So I went and seen him. I turned to the Lord. I continued to go to church. About a month later I felt the need to preach. So I did. The sermon was on Pauls 3 divine imperatives. After the sermon many people came up to me and said my wife and I would get back together. I said its impossible. We was scheduled for our final hearing in about 2 weeks. The next day I was driving down the road and  Shelley was going the other way. She turned around and stopped me. She asked if I would help her put a waterbed together. I said sure. Needles to say after it was full we was in it.We have been back together since.

We continued to fall from grace for many years. To make another very long story short.We was living a swinger lifestyle and was also still doing drugs. The first of the year 2002 we did some speed and was looking for a girl to join us that night. What happened next rocked our world. We couldn't find a girl that night so we was at home talking. We have what we call "Truth sessions" In this session I told her some things. And like wise she told me things. To make another long story short it took about 5 hours for her to come clean with me. When she did It devastated me. Without adding all the details, I couldn't function. For 3 days all I could do was cry (I mean CRY like I never have before. You know when all you can do is moan and groan from deep within) I found myself on my knees in our bathroom. I was at my very bottom ,the only place to go was UP. In a INSTANT GOD took my pain away, he allowed me to forgive my wife and he healed me from all the pain and anguish. We decided to get back in church. We started going to a "Non-Denomination" church, (I left out On 9-11-01 I started reading my bible again, I read in from front to back in about 3 months)

In that church I felt a void. I told GOD that I didn't want to "PLAY" with him this time. I wanted to do it right. Another long story short we ended up at a few churches. (The death issue was killing me lol) (Leaving out much here) I couldn't get it out of my mind that there was more to the "TRUTH" than what we found. (CHURCHES that is) Another long story short. We ended up at a seminar on Prophecy. My wife begged me to go. I told her I would BUT if they said "absent from the body...." I would leave right then and there. Another long story short, we found that in this seminar (it lasted 5 weeks) they stuck to "BIBLE TRUTH" We was baptized together in our new Church on 8-10-02

Now This ended up to be very long, but it could have been longer lol. But the point is GOD is a AWESOME GOD. If it wasn't for him I would have no marriage, no job, no kids, no life. He has been faithful to me and my family even when I didn't deserve it.  God doesn't let his people down. His WORD stands firm for all to believe.. May God bless each and every one of you.

Randy