BUT NOT LOST FOREVER BY JOHN LYSAUGHT
One of my children , God bless her soul , is wayward . She just turned 21 and has been living a wayward life since she was 14 years old . There is a little background to this . I became a father when I was 21 and still in college . Her mother was the daughter of a preacher , so I did the right thing and married her . We divorced three years later , as she didn ’ t want to be a mother or wife anymore . So , until I remarried , I was a single dad for a few years and had full custody of her . We lived in the same town as my daughter ’ s grandparents and continued to attend their church . My daughter was in love with God and when I remarried , my wife and I continued to raise her in a Christian home .
Fast-forward to when my daughter was ten . I was in the army and was out of the country . My former spouse told me she was ready to be a mom again , now that our daughter was more selfsufficient . My former wife wanted custody . I , of course , said no . She took me to court and sadly , won . The court said that since I was in the army , the possibility of deployments and the instability that moving around could cause were not in the best interest of my daughter .
For four years , I rarely saw my daughter because her mom