My Second Chance

Life was good...

I had a family I loved,

a house I turned into a home,

a job that I loved going to each day,

and I married my best friend and together we were raising two amazing kids.

Life was great actually!

But something was missing.

And then it happened.

My life fell apart!

My marriage was on the rocks

and my family dissolved.

I was hurt, angry, frustrated, sad, depressed, and I was broken!

And I would stay this way for a very long time.

I was that person that looked like they had it together from the outside, but on the inside I was dying.

I was so broken!

I didn't trust anyone anymore, everyone I loved had hurt me.

They had let me down and showed me I meant nothing to them.

I tried to ignore it,

I tried talking to my friends

I even went to therapy.

But all it did was mask my brokeness.

I almost lost it all.

I almost gave up.

I almost gave up on myself,

my family, and the good life I had created.

My world almost crumbled,

and I say ALMOST because something or rather somone saved me!

I escaped the feelings of despair.

I escaped the hands reaching to pull me under as I fell.

I climbed out of that darkness by finding God's light.

God saved me!

He wouldn't let me down.

He wouldn't hurt me.

He vowed to be by my side.

His church welcomed me and pulled me up from those hands that were so desparately trying to keep me down.

Without God's voice calling me home I don't know what type of person you would see standing here today.

God restored my faith.

He helped restore my marriage and my family.

He helped to put my pieces back together, so I wasn't broken anymore!

And I say this, that he fixed me, after years of me not believing, following, and understanding HIM!

I didn't go to church, I didn't read the Bible and I didn't know if I believed in him...

But he believed in me!

He rescued me.

He called to me and after months of not listening I finally answered his call.

Second chances come in many forms,

close encounters come in a variety of appearances.

But for me, God gave me strength and faith to try again.

He was my second chance.

He was my close encounter.

You see, I escaped the death of my marriage and my family.

Ultimately, with God's help, I escaped the death of ME!