From The Corner Of My MInd

For those of you that doubt God, or his power, or his intentions, this post is for you. For those of you that are absolute believers, you won't be surprised by this story. Coincidence? I think not.
Let me start by saying, most of you know David (JD) well. Very well in fact. You have seen us in act in many different scenes as they have played out over the years. We've fought, we've drank, we've partied, we've done all the things that my Bible class would be ashamed of me doing or setting an example of as Christian. I had a good friend tell me one time, as I tried to say I had a very bad past, "You could only break even with me on your worst day". That has stuck with me. These things I remind you of so that I can also remind you of our good times, and the good things we've done, and our strong faith in Jesus Christ. David and I were brought up in (drug to) church since we were very young. Him more so than me. I did attend regularly and was Baptized at a very early age, but David went EVERY Sunday, Wednesday and so forth. I say this so that you will know, yea we might not be the greatest examples of Christians, but both of us know where we will spend eternity.
On with the story. This week while in Houston, during this accident I tried to keep my blog (www.aroundthecornerfromoverthere.blogspot.com), and Facebook (FB) updated along with the creation of a care page at www.carepages.com search JDGreen. I also tried to answer and respond to hundreds of messages on FB and literally thousands of texts I received. In one of these messages I was informed from a friend about a family that is currently involved with their son at TIRR. This friend of mine, whom I've only had the opportunity to set down and chat with only one time, frequently visits my blog and comments, and we also visit with each other on FB and post on each others time lines from time to time. Yesterday while trying to keep my mind off the accident, and David, which didn't work by the way, I had an idea. If my friend could contact his friend and we could connect that they could answer a few questions we had concerning TIRR. I text him and asked him if he could do that. He responded that he would and get back with me. Last night while watching the Cowboys (that wasn't pretty) he responded to me via private FB text. HE then went on to bring her and I into a private thread conversation together where her and I talked briefly and she gave me her phone number and told me that she would be delighted to meet with me or any of the family. Sharing this information and stories is a good thing. I went on later to share her contact information with Denise, Sharon and James and a few others.
I bet your wondering how all this plays into the intro above? Well here we go. If you remember I shared with you in an earlier post how as I sat down for Bible class Sunday morning that Brother Monty looked at me and smiled and asked us to turn in our Bibles to James 1:2-4. If not, go back and look. Also read it if you can. Well this morning I checked FB like I always do, and since the accident it seems every 30 minutes. There was a private message from Alice. She's the mother of the guy in TIRR that I had been introduced to the night before. She went on to explain a testimony that sent chills through me, and continues now as I type this. She said that last night after our chat, she went to bed. At 3am this morning, she couldn't sleep. In her notepad she had written a verse down that a friend had shared with her sometime in the last few weeks. She said she awoke last night thinking that God has slowed her sons progress down because she had been lacking in her prayers. She grabbed her phone and read the verse over and over.  She also, JUST LAST NIGHT, posted this very verse on another friends page that had asked for prayers for her daddy who is ailing. She said, that the first time she EVER shared a verse on FB. OH, it gets better. She went back to bed feeling better. When she awoke this morning, she opened FB and saw the link that I posted a few days ago. She said "tears began to flow as she read my testimony" and read the verse that I had posted. She said that she felt better and there was a reason God put this verse in front of her, and also in front of me. Again, we stand in the middle. She is there for her son, standing in the middle, distributing her care, her love and her compassion for her son and relaying the message of our God.
I am in no way going to turn this blog into a political or religious blog, but I have no fear, or shame in telling a story of the power of God. So that anyone who may doubt, may read this and say "that isn't coincidence."