Chocolate-Covered Cashews

By Wiley Baxter

On January 19, 2011, Wiley Baxter was fifty-seven years of age when God brought a surprise to him through a phone call. Over the next four days, it was revealed to him that he was the biological father of identical twin daughters and four grandchildren, which resulted from a two-year marriage he had thirty-six years before. Until that time, Wiley and his present wife of thirteen years had no children of their own. Overjoyed and overwhelmed, he began a new chapter in his life. Thankfully, Wiley has been blessed with good health and good employment throughout his life, and this helped him and his wife enjoy the wonderful joys of his children being in their lives all the more. Wiley`s faith in God has grown significantly over the latter part of his life, which he believes is one reason why He set him down one day to share these miracles from God and his life`s story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781449787295

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ISBN: 978-1-4497-8728-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-8729-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013904097

WestBow Press rev. date: 3/5/2013

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

The Phone Call

Chapter 2

Our First Meetings

Chapter 3

My Childhood Years

Chapter 4

Family Travels And Fun Times

Chapter 5

My Early Years

Chapter 6

My Early Adult Life

Chapter 7

My First Marriage

Chapter 8

Life After Divorce

Chapter 9

My Marriage With Irene

Chapter 10

Black-Ice Trip

Chapter 11

Family Update

Chapter 12

Irene And Grace`S Testimonies

About The Author

I dedicate this book first to God for never leaving me nor forsaking me, as He promises to all of His children. I also dedicate this book to my faithful wife, Irene; to my daughters Faith and Grace; my five grandchildren, and to all those who have encouraged me to follow God’s will for my life. Thank you and God bless each of you.

Introduction

My name is Wiley Baxter, and I’m fifty-nine years of age. Here’s a question for you. Have you ever had a once-in-a-lifetime experience that totally changed your idea of how you would live your life from that point on—an experience that you wanted to share with everybody? Well, in 2011, God handed one to me that I will always speak of and be grateful for. After I experienced the initial wonder of it and gathered my thoughts, I did something that was not in my nature. I sat down in the summer of 2012 and began writing about it.

My hope is that my wonderful God-given miracle that I am about to reveal will be an inspiration that brings hope and encouragement to all of you. I believe I am alive and able to share my story with you today for a single reason: God has touched me with His mercy and grace throughout my life.

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned about God’s Word is that knowing the Word of God is very different than knowing and obeying it in regard to the consequences of our thoughts and actions during our lives. I believe He has tried to reach me, among other ways, by (1) the testimony of others He placed in my path to