Prayer Answered God's Way

At the time walking with Josh through this difficult path I begin to see growth and maturity emerge. As his dear mother had good intentions by shielding him from life all his life, he never experienced the thrill of victory that for most humans comes from the pile of failures we experienced. We learned from each error and rose again and applied lessons learned. So by his early 40's he is learning things he should experienced 25 years ago. His mother died of cancer and his father, well I can touch on that subject later. Little by little growth and change is happening! He doesn't see it that way. He is still trying his old methods of coping which includes find someone to pay the monthly bills. Not happening. Welcome to the adult world. Don't want to sleep in your car? Find meaningful employment...work at your life. But Josh is not convinced his life is worth anything. Rejection is a terrible thing with long lasting wounds. I believe God alone "heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" Psalm 147:3. But clearly God is at work here and is with Stephen as I pray, family prays and friends pray. Praying but ultimately Josh has to make his choices in life. God is moving along in His timing. He alone knows the human heart and when we are ready for His next steps. But the next step is such a painful one and I can barely write the words. We will save that for the next chapter.