God is amazing

In the middle of September, my mom informed me that my brother's probation officer had classified him as having violating his probation. They were planning on sending him to prison... for 3 1/2 years. I began praying that God's will would be done in his life. He went to court September 24th and took a "pre-dated"blind plea for 3 years. They wanted to take him right away, but he talked them into postponing it till October 15th. The terms were pretty much set, but they gave him 3 weeks before he's actually be sentenced. The anniversary of our dad's death was on September 27th. We had plans to all go out to eat (my mom and us siblings) since it was the 7 year anniversary and we hadn't done it in a few years. My mom was concerned that Teague ( the only boy) wasn't going to be able to be there.

Then on October 15th when Teague got sentenced, my mom saw a familiar face and heard a familiar name get called. It was my ex from over 10 years ago. Upon investigation, I discovered that he was in for robbing a gas station. I felt the Lord prompt me to write him. I am A LOT different now than when I knew him. I wrote to him about the change that God had made in my life since I came to know Him. I told him that I hope he finds the freedom in Christ that I have found. I'm not sure if he received the letter yet due to some circumstances, but I should find out soon.

My mom had told me about something concerning my brother when he was about to and did get locked up. He has spoken about God again including about praying and God answering/blessing him. The cool thing is that on 11/18, I wrote a letter to him and some very deep emotional things came out and I was sure why. I just knew that it was God led and that it needed to be written for whatever reason. Well tonight I got my first letter from him and it was dated, you guessed it, 11/18. He mentioned that he ran into my ex when they got shipped to Stateville for intake. Small world. I guess he told my brother that my mom is cool and he'd appreciate it if she wrote to him. Ha! God works in mysterious ways! He also mentioned some awesome stuff about God including that he has "accepted God back into my life and am now seeing things clearly for the first time in a long time." He also mentioned some other stuff that fits right along with the stuff I was writing him on that day. Wow! God is soooo amazing!