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I am a Christian granny, married & divorced, married & widowed, and yes married once again for 9 years to an amazing Christian man.  I have walked countless roads to finally get to where I am today in what is a peacefully busy lalaland by comparison to the past. 

I am grateful for my life, my home, my husband, my often very painful experiences that helped me become ever closer to God than I might have been if I'd been walking in some happy-go-lucky shoes.  What's more, I can share and encourage with those who are today walking in those painful footsteps.  I can accept, love, and pray for and with them.  I can have love in my heart and my eyes, and listen with true understanding that comes from experience.  I can encourage others that it is never too late to make good choices and have a new life.

Age and a few very inconvenient infirmities have  taken away a few of my talents like singing, painting, and carefree walking. Can't write anymore either most days, but I can print really well, lettering was my specialty.  But, I have decided that God has a better plan for me, with as yet largely unused talents which he has implanted in me, and that have nothing to do with my ego.  He will show me when He thinks I am ready if I keep an open mind and heart, if I listen as well as pray.

I was not born in a Christian family, over the years I had to fight off and on periodically to become a Christian, it was a long battle finally won just over 10 years ago, and life just gets better and better.  Giving up control, handing it over at the altar AND stepping back is a tough thing, but so easy once it is done.

 My toughest battle is with my critical spirit which was carefully nurtured in me and my 5 siblings, it was hard to recognize and keeps rearing its ugly little head.  When we pass from this life, we leaving nothing but that which we leave in the hearts of the people we have touched.  Forgiving myself for the things I have done by a combination of being controlled and manipulated or by my weakness and inability to say "NO" is another tough one.

I finally figured out that the Lord knows it all, and if He forgives, I can let that stuff go too, in fact it would be an insult not to.  Thank you God, for keeping your hand on me all that time that I was learning the hard way - I could never have come out of this in reasonable physical, emotional and spiritual health if You had not been there all along.  Thank you too, for giving me that unforgettable vision at Easter 10 and a 1/2 years ago, when you personally reached down, took my hand literally showed me how I was forgiven and cleansed for good.. 

More than 30 seconds, oh well, that's me in a very large nutshell

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