I was adopted at birth...
...and I had had my share of struggles growing up, not only as an adoptee, but also as an only child. Still my adoptive parents were very loving and giving people.
While I did not understand all the things that were happening to me when I was growing up, I do fully understand today that God was and is carrying out a wonderful plan for my life, even in spite of my crimes and my present incarceration. I have come to understand that the Lord always had His hands upon my life even when I was yet fully formed in my mother's womb.
The Lord God of Israel has revealed to me a long time ago that my life was not a mistake. This was a lie the devil had been putting in my mind for years and was causing me much torment. This is no longer the case, however.
Today I thank God so much for the wonderful parents I had while I was growing up, and for a loving and devoted father who has still stuck by me all these years. I am so completely blessed!
Over time God has brought so much help, hope and encouragement to me through His word. One particular passage which has helped to heal my mind about this area is from the prophet Isaiah:
"But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet I will not forget thee" (Isaiah 49:14-15).
D.B.
While I did not understand all the things that were happening to me when I was growing up, I do fully understand today that God was and is carrying out a wonderful plan for my life, even in spite of my crimes and my present incarceration. I have come to understand that the Lord always had His hands upon my life even when I was yet fully formed in my mother's womb.
The Lord God of Israel has revealed to me a long time ago that my life was not a mistake. This was a lie the devil had been putting in my mind for years and was causing me much torment. This is no longer the case, however.
Today I thank God so much for the wonderful parents I had while I was growing up, and for a loving and devoted father who has still stuck by me all these years. I am so completely blessed!
Over time God has brought so much help, hope and encouragement to me through His word. One particular passage which has helped to heal my mind about this area is from the prophet Isaiah:
"But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet I will not forget thee" (Isaiah 49:14-15).
D.B.