Long Overdue

 

 It has been a long time since I have posted anything on this blog. The last several years have been a trial for me and my family. We have been put through difficulties that I could not have foreseen, and I would not have believed it if someone told me what was coming for us; for me.

I have had to deal with my business getting shut down by God, while at the same time not seeking other sources of income. This, of course, lead to financial distress. After that came accusations, character assassination, law-fare and personal ruin, resulting in the loss of our home and my family of five living in a 200 square foot camper for five months, including fall and half a winter in a Canadian Prairie province.

I don't actually know why I am writing this now or even what I am writing now, all I know is that this morning God instructed me to write. I tried working on writing down what the last seven years has been like for me and my family, but that wouldn't get itself started. Besides, I have written my testimony already which includes brushstrokes of that time frame and I felt that to write it in more detail was of no benefit at this time. I have also felt that I am supposed to record my thoughts and emotions from the time that we lived in the camper, but I think that is more so for posterity so that future generations will have a record of that part of my life to refer to when they inevitably hear about what my family has been through. I feel that recent generations have failed to sufficiently record our life stories for our families to read after we are gone and that we are losing valuable information because of it. There may not be a lengthy record of my life for those who may have a curiousity about it after I'm gone, but there will be a record of my lowest lows, hopefully a record of my highest highs as well as some times in between, and most importantly a record of the ways that my God has been faithful and the lessons that I have learned along the way. For myself, I find that these are things that I wish I now knew about my parents and their parents, but which it is too late to ask them about.

There have been some people who have recently stumbled onto this page by ways that I don't understand, but if you are looking for something to read, I guess I can provide you with some material. So I will take some time and review what I have written previously. I will think about and work on writing what I think may be of value to others, which will include deciding how much to lay my soul out to bare in regards to my own story, which will be interesting for me to examine because I have always appreciated my privacy and have grown more fond of it through my experiences. And I will also look at some of the articles that I have already written, which are already in existence on this website but which I have not yet posted, and see if any of them may be worth reading for those who may be looking.

If you have found yourself on this page and reading some of my writings, please let me know by leaving a comment. The stats show me that people are arriving here, but I don't know if anybody is actually reading my ramblings or what you may think about them, so please, provide me with some feedback.