โOur son is using drugs.โ โTrain up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.โ Proverbs 22:6 ESV Iโve retold the story of hearing those words spoken to me by my husband many times over the past 17 years. Hearing them never gets easier.… Continue reading My Only Hope Is Jesus โ by Dawn Ward
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Until God Transformed His Heartโฆ – by Heather Henry
โHe doesnโt mean it.โ I stared blankly at my student. โHeโs not doing this to hurt you,โ she continued. โItโs out of his control, and he canโt help it.โ I fought back my tears, trying to keep my composure so I could continue teaching art to my class of recovering addicts. All this time I… Continue reading Until God Transformed His Heartโฆ – by Heather Henry
Learning How to Let God Be God – by Tina Akridge
My husband Mark was diagnosed with Sarcoma, a very aggressive form of cancer, when the oldest of our four kids was 15. We rushed out and bought William an old truck and gave him the responsibility of getting his siblings where they needed to be while we dove into this battle of cancer. We believed… Continue reading Learning How to Let God Be God – by Tina Akridge
Always With Me: Through Sickness and Death – by Tina Akridge
From my teenage years, I had clear plans for my future. Following college, I would head to a big inner-city, probably New York City, to work for the Salvation Army. Children werenโt in my plans as a previous surgery led me to believe I wouldnโt be able to become pregnant. However, after meeting Mark at… Continue reading Always With Me: Through Sickness and Death – by Tina Akridge
