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The Lord surely works in mysterious
ways...it seems just four short years ago my wife and I
were going through some really turbulent times in our
lives...I was resigning from a 15 year government career,
her career was in jeopardy...we were just recovering from
years of straddling a large amount of debt...our
relationship was being tried, once again...things seemed
to be spiraling out of control and we knew were headed for
some really hard times and neither one us were really sure
what sort of decisions we would make.
Strangely enough, when I think back now, almost
simultaneously, as our "earthly" lives were seemingly
being extinguished, our new heavenly lives were being
established. I found a full scholarship to finish my
bachelors at a prestigious catholic university and at the
same time felt a need to return to my faith at baptism,
the Catholic faith.
Our home, which we had been
living in for many years, became a central point in a
major revitalization plan in our city and we are now
sitting on, as one appraiser put it, "a gold mine!" My
wife, having kept her job, was accepted into a masters
program at another prestigious university and is now an
active alumni.
Not having children, we now have become thoroughly
involved with our many nieces and nephews and
international students by opening our home to them
throughout the year so they can take advantage of
educational opportunities. Our home is now chock full of
kids who we enjoy advising and mentoring.
I have just started a masters program that will take me to
China and many potential opportunities of a new career
path. And most importantly, both my wife and I have
embraced our faith (the Catholic faith) and are amazed at
the many blessings that have come from what, at first,
seemed like the end of our lives.
I cannot help but to contemplate how the Lord has just
begun new lives for us. We know find ourselves actively
planning for leading more faithful and purposeful lives,
especially with regards to helping those less fortunate
and those in other parts of the world. It's exciting...the
way of the Lord, Amen.
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