Barry...

 

Got a text while I was out riding and running errands, paying bills etc yesterday. It said "Is this Andrew?" I said "Who is this?" "It's Barry."

 

A lil background is in order. Barry's live in girlfriend is my ex's (not wife lol) oldest daughter. They have a child together and she also has a child from a previous relationship that Barry was raising with her...Shortly after my horrible, horrible break-up I had nothing to do with any of these people. While we were together me and my ex would got out with Barry and his girlfriend (her daughter) on occasion. They are kids lol, late 20's but still kids.

 

Two years ago or about a year after my break-up Barry got in touch with me. He wanted some advice. Lets just say the apple (his girlfriend) didn't fall to far from the tree. Made sense he wanted to talk to me with what I had been through. Barry had it way worse, cheated on, lied to, his guns stolen and pawned to get money for painkillers, same thing with the kids toys. Of course she denied everything. Don't they always? Can you imagine that? Your girlfriend taking your kids toys to the pawn shop to get money for painkillers? I told him at the time to cut the cord and get her out of his life, that to wait would only prolong the inevitable and it would be worse with each consecutive go-round. Sound familiar? His family had already told him pretty much the same thing. He didn't listen. So now apparently the chickens have come home to roost so to speak and they are going to go their separate ways.

 

So who does Barry text out of the blue? :-). He knows I know how to deal with the aftermath of these types of relationships. (As does James, as does Christian, as do you). He wants us to get together and ride. I told him I normally fly solo but on occasion it would be great for us to get together and leave out for a day. It was good to hear from him, it really was, I had deleted his number just so I wouldn't contact him, I always felt like he had my number and if he wanted to get back in touch he would. I really didn't ever expect him to. He is a good guy, young, a lil misguided :-), but a good worker, with a good job, responsible parent etc. He deserves better than the path he was on. He knows it. Sometimes just takes a lil help bridging that gap that's all.

 

Here is the thing Lucy. Guess who I have been praying for, for everyday going on a lil over two years now? Yep, Barry, his girlfriend and their family. Now he reaches out to me? I just don't think it's an accident.

 

You tell me...Who better to potentially mentor\witness to this guy? When I went on the walk to Emaus I thought at the end of the tree days that there might be certian people that I could reach that others just might not be able to, just because of the way I dress, talk, act, live etc...I'm just not your typical cookie cutter Christian here Lucy lol. One of the things they taught us on the walk was, one person doesn't have to do it all. It's okay if one person plants a seed, and another nourishes it, and another harvest. I guess I am a seed planter Lucy :-).In my prayers lately, I have been asking specifically to be used. Looks like I'm going to get my chance...

 

God is good.

All the time.

All the time.

God is good.

 

Love you.

Peace.

 

PS

I've been praying for Christian and his family and his ex and her family as well for some time now. Look at what happened with Christian and his situation with his home yesterday :-). I'm not saying it's solely because of my prayers, I know better. I'm just sayin, it sure doesn't hurt to have somebody praying for you everyday that you didn't even know about.

 

When you coming home to be with us sweetheart?

I can't take it much longer dollbaby.

 

He has the air filter I want lol.