Who am I?

Quite some years ago now I lost my ability to work. As time has progressed my illness or handicap has done the same - to the point where I am very limited in what I am able do. I am not mentioning this for sympathy. I just want to let you know that my lifestyle has very much become one of being immobile. However, God, from the very moment of my birth, had a plan for me that I did not see. This plan included giving me a love of His word, a hunger for studying, and a passion for books. Now that I have become so limited I am thankful for this love. I cannot imagine my life if all I had to do is lay in bed and watch TV, since I do have to spend the vast majority of my time in bed. As God has planned it, to my way of thinking, I have the perfect love and interests. I can do these from my bed. For many years my wife endured my sometimes silent (most of the time vocal) suffering and whining for a laptop computer. I wanted to be online and do my studies without the consequent pain I received from sitting at my other system. My time had gotten so limited on the other puter that I had given up trying to share my love of books with people. Last year I was blessed to receive from my wife one of the best gifts I have ever gotten - this laptop computer I am using. Yes, God allows both the good and the bad to come into our lives. It is what he helps us do with what we have left that matters - not how bad we hurt. I admit I often lose track of that truth but I do try to keep it in mind.

I hope that gives you a glimpse into what motivates or makes up the me that I am. I pray that I can be of help to those who may be in a boat similar to mine but, also, to those who desire to Love God through the study of His word.