This will be my account of the last 25 years after my visit from God and the introduction of the Holy Spirit into my life:
It all started while listening to the radio in the garage at Oxbow Lane in Lewiston New York. I was listen to a Christian radio program and from what I remember, minding my own business, the narrator on the radio had offered the audience an invitation to accept an offer, a free gift of the acceptance of Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. All of a sudden I felt this overwhelming presence, what turned out to be the Holy Spirit entering my body. Which would be there for the rest of my life.
Believe me, I had no idea at that time, and for a long time thereafter just what had happened to me that night. It would take a long time and a great journey before realizing the importance of that night in my life.
At that time I was around 30 years old. The only reason for giving the age is to have a starting point, the time I started this journal, I am currently 55 years old. I was never a saint, I will never be a saint. After the Holy Spirit entered my body I didn't change much at all. I was never a bad guy, I wasn't good to my body. I smoked, drank and I didn't have a very good mouth (language issues if you can read between the lines).
The only thing I can remember was that I had a great longing to find out as much about God as I could. I felt that the best way of doing this was to purchase a bible and start reading it as much as I could. I can remember reading my first bible cover to cover and to be honest, I didn't get a great deal out of it. I had been raised a catholic but was never a church goer but felt it may be a good idea to start attending service.
At the time, this is still around the same time I accepted the Lords invitation, I was working in the family business that I have worked since I was around 16 years old. At the time I was the general manager and had a great knack for computers. I was approached by a company that developed and sold computers to come on board and work for them. So in September of 1987 I packed up my family and moved to Tampa FL to work for that company.
I don't know why I left the family business and moved, but I think I broke my fathers heart because I was in line to take over once he retired. As it turned out the computer business was very grueling, It was a high pressure sales position and didn't last very long.
I was fortunate to find a position at a magazine wholesale business in Orlando FL so we packed up and moved there in January 1988. This move didn't work out to well for my family and my wife moved back to New York with our two kids. I soon was in a divorce situation and not to long after that, we divorced. That soon took it's toll on me. My work was fine but I longed to be near my kids.
One day while at work I went into the sales reps office to discuss something with one of the reps from as I remember TV Guide, and I had an encounter with in my eyes, one of the most beautiful girls I had ever seen. Her name was Connie. I think she liked me also as we started seeing each other on a friendship basis. I still missed my girls In New York and longed to be close to them.
In January 1989 I moved back to New York to be closer to my daughters. I really missed Connie, and assumed I would never see her again. My girls and I went to my uncles house to visit. My uncle had taken over the family business when my father retired. I went to work for him to help him in the business. We had spent some time there and it was time to go home. As we were leaving, the phone rang and my aunt said the call was for me. I didn't know who it could be because no one knew we were there. I took the phone and it was Connie! I'll be honest I don't know how She got the number. I never told her, I didn't know the number myself. She was calling to make sure I got to New York safely. That was very nice of her and it was the making of a wonderful relationship. The only explanation as to how she got the number was Divine Intervention, there is absolutely no other explanation. I didn't know it but God was already working in my life.