Tuesday, July 6th, 2021
One of the men at Forging Freedom, a Christian sober house in Buffalo where I conduct a Bible study on Thursday evenings, got married two weeks ago. That may not seem remarkable to you, but it is. You see, Joe had been a meth addict for the past 20 years, up to two years ago when he came to the Lord and embarked on a new life trajectory of sobriety. He had tried to quit many times on his own, unsuccessfully. He needed Christ in his life and the Holy Spirit to stand alongside him. No woman would want to marry a meth addict, unless she were one herself, which Joe’s new wife has never been. Victories in the world of addiction are few, so let’s celebrate Joe’s new life and his new wife. He made it…or should we rather say God made it for him. He now has a house of his own and a new life, and he’s in charge of the two sober houses in Buffalo where his restart took place. I hope to see him in two days.