"My Life Since 1968" ~ Bill Cornish

"My Life Since 1968" ~ Bill Cornish

I have been enjoying reading the stories from the classmates that have written in. It's a reminder that through all the good times, as well as the bad, God is ever present. I found this out in a very personal way, in the fall of 1971.

By this time I had made a total mess of my life. In less than three years, I had lost the most wonderful Christian  (and pretty) girl that God had placed in my life. I had lost both my parents, my health,and my Faith. It's hard to imagine, looking back,but it was drugs, alcohol, and fear. I was having major anxiety attacks and depression. Every morning, my first thought was 'is this going to be the day'. I was to the point where it was too much to handle.

I was spending a lot of time in and out of the hospital. While in Vietnam, I had developed a severe kidney disease from agent orange. (I was later operated on for cancer).

I didn't realize that I was going to write all of this. The good news is though, one evening I walked into a small white church in Colorado Springs. I have absolutely no recollection of the service. What I will never forget however, is walking out of that little church totally free. I felt clean and washed. The fear was gone! Looking back, I realize that it was spiritual darkness. It was real, but the power of God is greater!

My discharge date was delayed because I was still in the hospital at that time. I had no idea where I would go when I got out. One day someone came by and said I had a letter. Lennie and I hadn't communicated in over a year and a half. I held her letter for a long time, afraid to open it. I guess I thought it was a wedding announcement or something. Anyway, I was discharged December the 15th. We were married two weeks later on Christmas Eve.

God has been very good. We have a son and two daughters, and good crop of grandkids.
God is good and His mercy is forever.
                                                                                  ~Bill