[Faith-talk] pray for my brother and family

[Poppa Bear]

Andrew,
I am sorry, I didn't mean to assume that you were a guest, but at the same 
time, until we pay the bills we are still a guest in many ways. I am sorry 
that your circumstances are so hard for you to deal with right now. If you 
have any thoughts you want to run past me, I will give you my input, but 
other than that I will try to keep my opinion to myself when it comes to 
your issues, I don't want to offend you.

I will tell you a little about me just so you know for future reference, I 
live in Alaska where travel for the blind is extremely difficult, I lost my 
sight at age 15, had 4 children by the time I was 21, I had became a well 
known drug dealer, went to federal prison for almost five years, found 
Jesus, was released 11 years ago, fought tooth and nails to help my wife get 
into treatment, have dealt with family addictions, a daughter who lived with 
her mom in Texas and became pregnant at age 13, which tore my heart up 
something terrible, on, and on the list of the bad stuff could go, but in 
between all of that heart break I had to put in a lot of work, take care of 
a family, pay off a home, attend school, learn about all this computer stuff 
and come to terms with the immature ill responsible boy I was for the first 
22 years of my life and look at all that ugly that was inside of me and 
leave it at the Cross. That is my story, so what I tell you is out of 
compassion and love because I have been around the block a few times and I 
didn't get into the blood and guts of my life, just some points here and 
there that left some lumps on my head, thank God for His grace.

Blessings