MIRACLES DO HAPPEN...BUT IT HAS BEEN A STRANGE DAY!

It is January 15, 2009...THURSDAY 11:00PM

IT WAS TRULY A MIRACLE HOW GOD INTERVENED AND SPARED THE LIVES OF ALL THE PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE US AIR LINER THAT CRASHED INTO THE HUDSON RIVER TODAY...

AND LET ME ALSO PASS ON SOME SERIOUS KUDOS TO THE CAPTAIN OF THAT SHIP THAT SO CALMLY AND SKILLFULLY BROUGHT THAT PLANE DOWN SAFELY IN AN EMERGENCY WATER LANDING. HE IS TRULY A GREAT HERO AND EXTREMELY BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED.

I AM OF THE OPINION AND HIGHLY SUSPECT THAT HE IS MORE THAN LIKELY A MAN OF FAITH AND I HOPE THAT BECOMES A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE NEWS STORY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO FAR, THE MEDIA SEEMS TO HAVE SHIED AWAY FROM ATTRIBUTING THE POSITIVE RESULTS TO DIVINE INTERVENTION.

YES FOLKS,... MIRACLES STILL HAPPEN, AND THIS ONE TRULY APPEARS TO ME TO BE BONAFIDE, AND CERTIFIABLE!

GLORY TO GOD!



It has been a very emotional day for me today for many reasons, and I'm not sure whether I can share all of the things that have crossed my path today, especially the first thing that came my way this Morning when my Brother Jeff brought me some news and a message on the down low dealing with a part of my painful past...


...But I must say that his words were words of great encouragement and wisdom delivered with the pure love that can only come from a Brother and a Man that I'm extremely proud of these days...

...In spite of the many difficult and painful things that have transpired between him and I in what is becoming the near distant past...


...He is my flesh and blood, my brother, my family, and I love him very much and am very glad that he is in my life. Lately he brings to me strong words of encouragement and hope and wise counsel...

Imagine that!
...My little brother!

...And even though there has been times when we have had harsh words and even physical blows...

Today I would stand side by side with him and go to war with him if need be... and woe be to anyone that means him harm when I'm in the vicinity,
because that's what Brothers do!
Thats what families do!

They stick together and bear one anothers burdens and cuff each other up side their dumb heads if they need it ...

But let no one else do them any harm, lest they incur the collective wrath of the rest of their family members...


I hope this is a value that holds true in this family, especially in my children...

"TO ERR IS HUMAN, BUT TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE!"


I love my brother and my sister and I know that they love me too...

And even though we know that all of us have made huge mistakes in our lives, and will most likely make plenty more before we leave this planet...

...Gods word commends us to give grace and mercy...
... and then grace and mercy we will receive...for when we sow pain...then pain will be our reward.


...I'm not exactly sure why I felt like like that needed to be said... but I do Know that it is from my heart... and is truly the way I feel....


....Like I started out saying, today has been a strange day, and I have experienced a wide range of emotions...


...I have had my own children very much on my mind as well as my grandchildren, and I miss them all very much!

I pray everyday that God would make a way for us all to be together at least for a visit very soon...


I also want to say at this point, as long as I'm contemplating the blessing of Family,
... how much I love my own Mother and my biological Father!

How glad and blessed I am... That they are still alive and are in our lives...
...And That brings me to thoughts of my precious companion, my soulmate...


The Mother of my children is the very one person in my life that I cannot fathom being without.


Beth Ellen Edmonds Bowling is the single most important person in my life today. She truly is my best friend. And I dont think that I realized that as much as I do at this very moment until after the conversation I had with My brother earlier today.


Maybe I'll be able to elaborate on that later, but not right now!


...My heart breaks for Miss Beth because I am the one that she's able to share with the depth of her pain that she experiences over the Loss of her family members on the Edmonds, Harrell, Noyes, Dean, Sills etc. side.

They are all gone...into eternity, and none of us...!

...Our children, or the members of my Maternal and Paternal family members knows what that feels like.


Only my Mother Shirley... who grieves the loss of her husband, my Stepfather, Ron Sorrell... whose six year anniversary of his passing was just marked on the 12th this January.

My sister Delana, My Brother-in-law Steven, my 2 nephews Bill and Nick who mourn and grieve the loss of Joshua... almost 4 years ago,... can even dare come close to what my bride must feel when it comes to losing those members of your family so near and dear.


Miss Beth...The Bride of my youth is my best friend...And it is my hope and prayer That my all of my family, especially our children realize what a precious gift and blessing from God she truly is to us all.


SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND AND MY LIFES COMPANION, AND I WILL CHERISH EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!


THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER FOR GIFTING US WITH HER... AND MAY THEIR BE MANY MORE DAYS AND HAPPY MEMORIES MADE AS WE BOTH ENTER INTO THE GRANDMA AND PAPAW YEARS OF OUR LIVES.


...Again let me comment on the other miraculous part of this day as the news of the day centered around the US Airways plane that crashed into the Hudson river in New York today and all 156 passengers survived.


...Again I was reminded of how precious our family members are and how blessed all those passengers families must have felt when they received the news that their loved ones had been spared.


Hallelujah! God is good all the time.


I wondered if their were any of those passengers that would be willing to lay claim to being an Atheist after their day... and their near death experience?


How many of them prayed and cried out to God for maybe the first time in their lives?


ANYWAYS...WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY IT HAS BEEN,

AND TONIGHT I AM TRULY GREATFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE.


IN THE WORLDS EYES, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE JUDGED THAT AT THIS PRESENT TIME...I DON'T HAVE MUCH...BUT I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY GOD AND WITH MY FAMILY, AND I LOVE THEM AND I BELIEVE THEY LOVE ME AND TODAY....FOR ME THAT IS ENOUGH!


Baruch Hahem Adonai

Brother Michael


P.S. Lest I be Remiss... I thank my God daily for the precious relationship that I have with my Aunt Sheena...I'm not sure if anyone else is aware of how much she means to me and how significant she is in my life as one of my most faithful prayer warriors and I think she might be my biggest fan and cheerleader...Thank You Aunt Sheena


P.S.S. The vision I spoke of in my last post is coming soon!