Riverbottom Ron
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THINGS IM THANKFUL FOR
THIS MIGHT SEEM WEIRED TO SOME OF YOUS BUT JUST LISTEN HERE TO WHAT IM THANKFUL FOR,,,,,,,,IM THANKFUL FOR MY MOM AND DAD GRAMA AN GRAMPA THEY PAST AWAY MANY YEARS AGO,IF IT WERENT FOR THEM AND GOD ,I WOULDNT BE HERE .NOW LISTEN CLOSLEY..IM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE THINGS I DID BEFORE BECOMIN A CHRISTIAN,I CUSSED LIKE A SAILOR, DRANK LOTS OF BEER, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I CHASED A LOT OF WOMEN,I WAS MEANER THAN A JUNKYARD DOG AND BIT LIKE ONE TOO CAUSE I LOVED TO FIGHT.I LIKED TO FIGHT GUYS BIGGER THAN ME ,,IM 6FT5 300 PDS IM NOT FAT EITHER ,I WAS SO MEAN ,I JUST HAD A COUPLE FRIENDS OOYEA I GOT WIPED A FEW TIMES TOO!,I THINK THEY WERE MY FRIENDS CAUSE THEY THOUGHT IF THEY WERENT ID BEATEM UP.{LOL}.I SMOKED SOME DOPE ,,JUST WEED NOTHIN ELSE FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE.I THOUGHT ID RATHER GET CAUGHT WITH SOME BEER IN MY TRUCK INSTEAD OF MARA WAUNA.SO I QUIT THE WEED.AND JUST DRANK BEER.AT WORK ,I DIDNT LIKE ANYONE THAT I MET,I TREATED MOST PEOPLE WITHOUT RESPECT,AND DIGNITY, DIDNT CARE NOTHIN ABOUT THEM OR THERE CIRCUMSTANCES.,ID ARREST ANYONE FOR NOTHIN.I HAD ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER COME INTO MY LIFE THAT KEPT ME DOWN,I WAS SOME WHAT DEPRESSED, WASNT HAPPY ,ABOUT THIS TIME I GOT MARRIED .ME RIVERBOTTOM RON FOUND SOMEONE THAT LOVED ME THE WAY I WAS ,MY WIFE KAREN IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE ,SHE WAS A GOOD CHRISTIAN GIRL,WHY DID SHE LOVE AND WANT SOMEONE LIKE ME,SHE WENT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY WITH OUT ME OF COURSE. SHE TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES ,{I LOVE YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU ALL THE TIME }I DONT KNOW WHY SHE PUT UP WITH ME SHE WAS ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT I CARED FOR IN LIFE.BESIDE THE SON WE HAD JEREMY.. YA WANA TALK ABOUT UNEVENLY YOKED WE WERE ,BUT SHE STUCK WITH ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN ...ONE DAY. I HAD A BAD ACCIDENT I FELL 30 FEET OFF A ROOF .MY SON THOUGHT I WAS DEAD I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WHILE WITH MANY BROKEN BONES .WHEN I WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL I SAT MANY NIGHTS IN MY RECLINER FEELIN BAD ,,THINKIN ABOUT MY LIFE ,THERE WAS A BIBLE ALWAYS THERE ON MY STAND NEXT TO MY RECLINER I THINK MY WIFE KEPT IT THERE FOR A REASON.I PICKED IT UP ONE NIGHT AND STARTED READIN IT ,I KEPT READIN EVERY NIGHT I WOULD READ ,I FELT A CHANGE COMEIN OVER ME ,I HAD A LOT OF DAYS TO FEEL THAT CHANGE AS I WAS OFF WORK FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. ONE NIGHT I ASKED GOD TO COME INTO MY LIFE CAUSE I WAS TIRED OF LIVEIN THE WAY I WAS ,,LET ME TELL YOU THIS ,, I CHANGED,THE VERY NEXT DAY WHEN I AWOKE I COULD TELL THERE WAS SOMETHIN DIFFERENT ABOUT ME ,ME RIVERBOTTOM RON WAS COMPLETELY CHANGED .AS THE WEEKS WENT BY I HAD NO WANT TO GO OUT AND DRINK BEER, OTHERS WOULD TELL ME WHATS UP WITH YOU .I QUIT CUSSIN,NO BAD WORDS ,G.D . AND THE F WORD WAS A COUPLE OF MY FAVORITES.I STARTED HAVIN FEELINS FOR PEOPLE THAT I USE TO TREAT BADLY,I EVEN STARTED GOIN TO CHURCH WITH MY WIFE,{SHE REALLY SMILED ALOT } AND LIKED THAT.I WAS RELEASED AND WENT BACK TO WORK ,MY FELLOW COWORKERS WAS AMAZED AT THE CHANGE IN ME ,THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I CAME IN CONTACT WITH I WOULD KEEP TRACK OF THEM AND HELP THEM GET ON THE RIGHT ROAD SO THEY WOULDNT END UP IN JAIL OR PRISION.I HAD FELLINGS FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE ,I SEEN MY LIFE IN A DIFFERENT PROSPECTIVE, I WANTED TO WORK FOR GOD THE LORD THAT I ACCEPTED INTO MY LIFE , I RAN INTO BRAD ISSACS ON HERE THAT WAS TYPEIN A DAILEY DEVOTION FOR COONHUNTERS HE ASKED ME TO HELP HIM ,I DID AND I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TOO.SPREAD THE WORD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST....NOW YOU ASK,RIVERBOTTOM RON,,,WHY ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR ALL THOSE BAD THINGS THAT YOU DID AND HOW YOU DRANK AND CUSSED ,DIDNT LIKE NO ONE JUST LIVED A BAD LIFE...WELL HERE IS THE ANSWER..GOD HAD A PLAN FOR ME EVEN BEFORE MY AWSOME MOM AND DAD HAD ME GOD HAD ME LIVIN THAT LIFE STYLE GOIN THROUGH TRIALS DOIN BAD THINGS TILL ONE DAY,I MY SELF RELIZED I NEEDED HIM {GOD }TO HELP ME,I NEEDED HIM IN MY LIFE TO HAVE A FULL AND FILLING LIFE TO WORK FOR HIM ,TELL OTHERS ABOUT HIM I MY SELF HAD TO ASK HIM INTO MY LIFE ,NO ONE ELSE CAN DO THAT.GOD IS MY SAVIOR ,MY LORD , MY EVERYTHING IF I HADNT LIVED THAT BAD LIFE ,I WOULDNT KNOW HOW AWSOME IT IS TO HAVE GOD IN MY LIFE AND LIVE A GOOD LIFE ,,,YEP,,IM THANKFUL,IM THANKFUL,EVEN MORE THANKFUL FOR MY WONDERFUL FAMILY ,EVERY GOOD THING GOD HAS GIVEN ME.,HE CARED AND LOVED A REAL BAD PERSON LIKE ME ,FORGAVE ME FOR ALL THOSE BAD THINGS I DID.,,IL SAY THIS AGAIN ,IM THANKFUL ,THANKFUL FOR THE BAD AND THE GOOD THINGS IN MY LIFE !!!!! HAVE A BLESSED THANKSGIVIN FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM RON FAMILY!!!!!!!!! SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG
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RON MAGGART FIELDON ILLINOIS
{TEAM BIBLE THUMPER}
ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD GAVE US FRIENDS AND COONHOUNDS, " I AM A GREATLY BLESSED",HIGHLY FAVORED" " IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD "KEEP YOUR {FAITH IN GOD } FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE,BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE,AND RECIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE. WERE BLESSED !!
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