This is a true story but the names have been changed to protect their anonymity.
Marion’s children were busy helping her prepare dinner as they eagerly awaited their dad’s arrival home from work. Their family had so much love you could see an aura shining off each of the family members. When they walked down the street together they would remind me of a rainbow with their auras.
The children were well behaved, excellent students in school. All the neighbors liked having them around because they were always quick to help someone out if they were in need. Their parents had taught them well about showing respect for others.
One day the children came home from school and there was a silence they had never experienced before. Their dad was at work but there was no sign of their mom. She was usually in the kitchen preparing dinner and setting out a little snack for them. They didn’t know what to do so they got a snack, sat down at the table and started on their homework; they knew mom would be home soon.
Time went by and dad came home from work but still no mom. Dad panicked and started calling around to the police station to see if maybe she had been in an accident, but to no avail. He called the hospital, still nothing. Being at a loss as what to do, he decided to feed the children and just wait. He was afraid to leave the house in the event something bad did happen.
Marion appeared a couple of days later, reeking of booze and looking like a trollop who came from the streets of who knows where. She had fallen in love with Jack Daniels the day she disappeared and he became number one in her life. She walked away from her family; booze controlled her life for many years and took her too many places she never would have gone, leading her to do many things she never would have done if she were sober. She now lived on the evil side of life, a life filled with pain and a loneliness she had never known.
After many years of beating her head against the wall and crying out to God for help, the Lord answered her prayers. She wound up going to a meeting at the local Salvation Army where some of the people grabbed her by the arm and took her to a 12 step meeting and they never let go of her. Day after day the old Marion started to return, the part with the beautiful smile, the kind and loving soul, the shining eyes. The more she worked the steps the more her insides were cleaned out, the more the beauty from within came through.
She worked hard to change her life and God rewarded her greatly. It took a many years of sobriety for her children to come back into her life. Today she gets to spend time with her children and grandchildren. To her that was the greatest gift ever, and I would have to agree.
She finds peace in her simplistic life today. Her happiness comes from serving God and serving others on a daily basis. Today her first love is the Lord Jesus Christ. If your life is like Marion’s was call upon the Lord and he will show you the way to a new life.
Study the book of John in the New Testament and find out how much God loves you. Give your life to the Lord Jesus Christ and let Him love you back to health.
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