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[Jim West Pa]

I have just (after 26 years of prayer)had the most WONDERFULL thing happen to me.ANSWERED PRAYER ANSWERED PRAYER ANSWERED PRAYER !!!!!!
26 years ago this past May my ex-wife at the time ran off with our 5 year old son.I have been searching and praying for 26 years and today they have been answered.
Last week my new bride Janet, was at work and her boss asked her to contact thier attorney in Pgh.about an e-mail that wasn't gettin thur or somethin like that. Anywho,the woman in the attorneys office called Janet and said, "your last name is familiar to me,did you grow up in Overbrook" ? Janet said, "no, but my husband did",,,"is his name Jim"?......Janet,"yes"......"OMG!!!!, i'm his first wife's younger sister" !!!!
Ok, OK i'll cut to the chase.after a couple of back and forth e-mails between Janet and Judy(the sister).Judy gives Janet a phone number in Las Vegas Nevada,(i'm in Pgh. Pa.), and after walkin these floors for ten solid hours today experiencing emotions i can't describe and pray that NO ONE EVER has to go thru, i jist got done with an hour and a half conversation with my looong ago ex-wife. It went like we were still kids and still best friends !!!!!!!( i got to add that i never held any animosities towards her nor did i ever stop loving her,when you are in love with someone that doesn't go away..EVER, and forgiveness is a given)
I haven't spoken with my son yet but his mom tells me that he has allways been eager to hear from me.(man is this scarey) I have his address and have no clue what to write or say, or think ,or feel, or do.But after 26 years i finally thur GOD's grace have a foot in the door. All i got to do now is get brave enough to step in.
Sorry to lay all this on y'all bein i'm a stranger to y'all but Janet is sound asleep and i'm here alone and it'd late and after prayin and thankin GOD out loud and cryin like a fool i jist wanted to share with someone.
I have learned that my son has made some very wrong chioces in his life and it may be a spell 'fore i actually get to see him but i'm thinkin now that maybe, jist maybe, this is why GOD has given back the miriacle of life to me so many times, so i could be here for him.......finaly.
I'll cease my ramblins now.
GOD is good. how do i deserve such blessings ?!?!?!?!?

NEVER stop praying, GOD will answer.........in HIS time.

 

[Joe G]

I can't imagine how you must feel! Wow! I'm really happy for you. I don't think you're going to have to worry about what to say. This sounds like a God thing for sure. Hey, Moses thought he had a problem and look what God did to him

 

[pennies]

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[Leslie(nova scotia)]

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[VT Dave]

He's shown you a path, He'll show you the steps. I was the same as your son 35 years ago. God allowed me to re-connect with my birth mother after 20 years of no contact. When you do connect, God will provide the words!

Dave

 

[steve in so la]

is never a stranger. What great news - you can be sure that he really wants to see you. And he would be very unusual if he had never made any mistakes in life. We ALL do at one time or another. I'll pray for a good reunion, Steve inso az

 

[rentasquid]

I pray God will continue to work in the situation!

J.

 

[MI$$OURI BETTY]

most likely the right time for you and your son to get back together! Pray for God's guidance and He will lead you to see him at the right time and what to say to him when you both do meet. Put your arms around him and tell him how much you love him and how much you missed him. Believe me, this will help heal anything that hinders and make all the years in between disappear. I cann't even imagine not being able to see my children when they were young....as a mother, it would have killed me or seemed that way for me and to them also, if they couldn't have been with me!

Will pray for both of you and for your being able to say the right words and be the witness for Jesus to him that he truly needs! We all make mistakes but in Jesus' precious blood all sins are washed away and He doesn't hold them against us any more, unless we willfully sin again and do not ask forgiveness! Jesus is always there, so lean upon Him and trust in Him for He loves you more than you can possiably love Him!

I"ve prayed for my children's, grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's salvations for years and years and I know in God's timing they will come to Him and accept Him, as their own personal SAvior. He hears our prayers and never fails in answering them, but those who need to be saved have to be ready to receive and He knows the time they will and bring them to their knees!

God Bless!
Betty

 

[minelab marcus]

Great story Jim.
God blesses us in many ways.
God bless you and your son!
MM

 

[Digdoug]

Jim, I hope you get to talk to him soon and also get to see him soon. I can't imagine how you feel. I'm praying for you guys!