To God be all the glory! Praises be to His Name! I praise the Lord even in the midst of my troubles. I'm praying for a miracle today. For three years, I have been without work, searching in faith to find one. I've managed to find some seasonal work, and a part-time job, in order to resume child support payments for my son. The seasonal job is over, and I still have the part-time job to continue payments (praise God!). I'm still looking for a full-time job to go with the part-time job, so that I can do even more for him. Because I was out of work so long due to medical issues, and little to no employment being offered at the time, I'm now in arrears that I can't pay, and the mother of our son wants to put me away, thus making it hard for him as well as me. In the beginning of all this, I was the one who walked into child support enforcement, and told them that I wanted to pay on a weekly basis, being his father, of course. The enemy has moved her heart to come after me without even contacting me about resolving it without the system that frowns on men that are trying to do the right thing. I managed to go back to school, be inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, and to work as well to have the payments resumed. God has truly blessed me. I'm still dealing with health issues, including a new one that has occurred in the area where my appendix is, and that may mean surgery for me, which will cause me to lose even more time from work to pay my payments. I humbly beseech and beg the prayer warriors of God to pray for me, my son Quincy, and his mother in all this. Let it be known that I bear no ill will to Quincy's mother, as she is doing what she feels is necessary. I just need a miracle to pay close to $9000 in back arrears, in order to continue to provide for him by keeping my job, and being able to find more work on top of my current employment. There are not too many opportunities where I live unless I have a car, and the last one that I had was repossessed when I lost my job of 12 years. All of this has sent me into a state of depression. I know that God hears and answers prayers, so I'm crying out with all that is within me for a miracle, in the name of Jesus Christ. If I lose my job through incarceration, I won't be able to work anywhere else, the arrears will grow out of control, I won't be able to help my son, and it will be worse for him and me. I miss him terribly, and I want to remain in his life, even if I can't get to see him. I want to be able to continue to pay my child support to him, and the trial for contempt that's facing me puts it all in jeopardy. Heavenly Father, I need you right now. In the Mighty, Matchless Name of Jesus Christ, please hear my prayer. Amen.

I want to take time to thank all who prayed for me coping with the death of my mom. Now I have another prayer request. I lost my job, my disabled wife is in need of a sit down MRI, and there may be a threat of us losing our apartment, due to the fact that my daughter in law came to live with us, and she's not supposed to. I'm pressed with so much, being the only one in the house that's cooking, cleaning, and the daughter in law does nothing but speed date! Pray that no sin will prevail in my anger, and that God's power will change this situation. God bless you all!!!

I humbly ask for prayer during a time such as this. My mother went home to be with God on February 12th of this year, 2012. November 7th would have been her 72nd birthday, and this will be the first holiday season without her. My heart, I know, is going to grieve for quite a while, and this experience is making me self-examine myself as her son. I've tried to excel in everything I do, and I always put God first. I feel as though that in failing to accomplish my goals in life, that I've failed in honoring my mother. She never set limits on me, and never made me feel that I wasn't good enough. It's just that I love her so, SO much, that all I do is, first, to honor God, and then to honor her and all that she's sacrificed for me. I feel like I've failed in that task, and I know that it's depression talking. Please pray that God, in His Awesome Power, Infinite wisdom, and Abounding Unconditional Love, will continue to walk with me through this, and bring me out the other side. God bless you!