My Brother

Ok, I am sorry I haven't posted in a few days, but this has been a really stressful week. I have been given the okay by my brother to share this, so I will, then you'll see why I was so stressed! I'm not now though because we serve a great God!

Last June, Mike was in the process of breaking up with his girlfriend, and it was not an easy thing for him to do. She was not happy leaving the realtionship, and tried a few things to get him to stay with her. One night, Mike was on his way home from work when he received a phone call from a guy who said he was the NEW boyfriend, and he was coming over to beat Mike up because she had asked him to. Well, Mike was blown away, but instead of trying to solve it, he began to drink, something he cannot do, literally, as he gets violently ill from it any time he has tried. He drank alot, way too much, and decided to pay his now ex girlfriend a visit. He drove around her neighborhood aimlessly for a couple hours, keeping in contact with me, but so drunk he could hardly talk straight, and after I could not convince him to go home, I called the police to stop him and sober him up. From there, he was arrested, and put in jail for 3 days where he sobered up, really quick, and realizing what he had done and the horror he had put all of us through, he was plenty scared. He was released but a trial date was set for today, where he would have to face it all over again, and be sentenced to pay for his actions. Like I mentioned earlier, his lawyer all at once decided he wanted $15,000 to do the trial and Mike was in agony over how he was going to come up with that. We have all been praying God would provide and that the best thing would be done for him, knowing that he would have to pay the price for his actions. God came through, first, by his lawyer asking for only $1000 for now, which was provided. Secondly, my mom and I were subpaeoned to testify AGAINST Mike and we fought this, knowing he had been doing well since the incident and we just didn't want to do it. Of course, this morning, I had to go in and was terrified, not knowing what to expect, and what would happen. Mike assured me everything was going to be alright, and that whatever God had in mind he was willing to accept, because it was all in His hands. I was thankful he was feeling this way, and took some assurance from that. After waiting over 2 hours, his ex girlfriend showed up, refused to press charges, and all but 2 counts were dropped against him; the 2 remaining will of course have to be answered for with counselling, probation and possibly community service, but God intervened again, and Mike is now thanking God for making a stressful, could have been worse situation good! I personally am hopeful this has all shown Mike the extreme mercy and goodness of God, and that he can turn fully to Him, not just in the hard times, but always! Thank you all for your prayers!