Rick's Personal Blog
2002-02-13 - 8:30 a.m.
It’s a funny thing, how that 9 months ago when I started this diary, I did it for the purposes of ranting about my failing marriage. Since that time I have met a lot of great people in this world of Diaryland. I’ve also met some not so great people.
Nevertheless this journal has helped teach me a lot about myself. I actually go back through and read my own entries to see where I was during a certain period of my life. Truthfully, I think the high drama of impending divorce is over for me. In fact, I don’t think it is; I know it is. Cheryl and have finally figured it out. We love each other, and always have. There has always been a level of pride that we both were not willing to give up for each other. Now either because we are tired of dealing with it, or because of some other reason, we have given up on the struggle, and given into each other.
I have to give credit where credit is due: and I want to thank God through Jesus Christ for answered prayer. You see, something that I have mentioned from time to time here is that I have been a back-slidden Christian for about 2 years now. I could chronicle the events as a testimony as to how God has helped to heal this marriage, but I’ll save that for another time. The truth is if He were not a part of us as a family, we would have been divorced by now. He has been the glue that has held us together, and for that I want to thank him publicly.
We have finally found a church that we like. The kids aren’t too happy with the change. They have been going to another one for a while now, but Cheryl and I agreed that we needed to make the change simply because we did not like it there for various reasons.
I don’t want to make this diary a forum for religion, or my faith, but it’s a part of who I am, and I will talk about it here as I see fit too. After all, it is my diary, and I really do this for ME. However I do promise not to be obnoxious about it, because Jesus was not like that, and I don’t think Christians should be either. But that’s a rant for another time. You’d be surprised about how I feel about something’s about the church.
I have given thought to stopping this altogether. But I enjoy writing too much to do that, so I will continue.
Things are good now.
I’m happy.
Later,
Rick
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