Life IS Like a Box of Chocolates!
10/11/07 Filed in: Commentary
On Thursday I spent 6 hours with a
Prophetic Intercessor going through incredible ministry and being
set free from the bondage's of my family and past. Less than 48
hours later, I discovered something I never thought I ever would.
Another brother. Not a metaphorical one, not a "brother in the
Lord", but a full-blood brother that our mother has kept secret our
entire lives. His name is Steve, and for his sanity and privacy, I
won't reveal more about him for now. Last night I randomly decided
to Google my mother. I found nothing, and so I Googled her maiden
name. What I found shocked me. There was a man, claiming to be the
son of my mother. He knew my name, and my sister's name. He knew
other things too. He knew too much for it to be a hoax, and a
little digging showed that he had been posting online for 7 years
looking for us.
Well, Steve got the shock of his life when I sent a txt message to his phone telling him that I was his brother. An hour later, I called my sister and Steve, and we had a 3-way conference call. Coincidentally, today is my mother's, our mother's, birthday. She is yet to learn that we know about her 8th child, the one given up for adoption at birth. That's about to change in a few minutes. Needless to say, this is a situation that creates feelings never before experienced and rather difficult to describe. Our mother has never told us about this 2nd son of hers. I am her first. It is all the more weird because I always longed to have been given up for adoption at birth too. A read of my still uncompleted testimony will explain why.
So many of the things in the ministry time I went through on Thursday focussed on the family and on the fact that I do not even know the name of my father. Yet the information Steve has seems to show that we have the same father, and he has his name. Together, we will find our father. For me, there is no coincidence here. The ministry time was a quiet, but powerful time. She was so spot on it was chilling. That got my attention to begin with. But now this. There is no coincidence that this ministry time has everything to do with discovering my brother.
To be sure, my mother is going to be none too happy that I have discovered Steve. I am shocked, but very happy.
Please pray for all of us during this very emotional time.
Well, Steve got the shock of his life when I sent a txt message to his phone telling him that I was his brother. An hour later, I called my sister and Steve, and we had a 3-way conference call. Coincidentally, today is my mother's, our mother's, birthday. She is yet to learn that we know about her 8th child, the one given up for adoption at birth. That's about to change in a few minutes. Needless to say, this is a situation that creates feelings never before experienced and rather difficult to describe. Our mother has never told us about this 2nd son of hers. I am her first. It is all the more weird because I always longed to have been given up for adoption at birth too. A read of my still uncompleted testimony will explain why.
So many of the things in the ministry time I went through on Thursday focussed on the family and on the fact that I do not even know the name of my father. Yet the information Steve has seems to show that we have the same father, and he has his name. Together, we will find our father. For me, there is no coincidence here. The ministry time was a quiet, but powerful time. She was so spot on it was chilling. That got my attention to begin with. But now this. There is no coincidence that this ministry time has everything to do with discovering my brother.
To be sure, my mother is going to be none too happy that I have discovered Steve. I am shocked, but very happy.
Please pray for all of us during this very emotional time.