Hope Is Here

About 15 years ago at another international ministry where I was  working, we had just gone through a spiritual training time, and I recommitted my time to the Lord. It wasn’t long after that the trials began. I was in charge of the computer systems and all of the IT for this ministry. We began [...]

For almost 12 years I was in a marriage that was physically, verbally and emotionally abusive. There were times when my ex-husband would leave for weeks with our family car. Living out in the country, my children and I would have no way to drive into town to buy groceries or run errands. He led [...]

As a pastor’s wife and young mother with three children under three, there were many demands on my life. Overtime, I began to get very discouraged. My husband was working late hours and I felt like I was doing too much myself. I felt hopeless and helpless. I shared with my husband about what I [...]

When selfishness and pride got the best of me, I didn’t know it, but it was hurting my husband, my family and myself. Previously, my identity had been in my job and what I could achieve on my own. But when I lost that job, it all came crashing down around me. Had it not [...]

My life was going downhill fast and I did not know where to turn to find hope for my life…

The summer before my senior year of high school, I was training hard for a college basketball scholarship. After a unfortunate injury where I tore my ACL, and a time in my life where home life was hard, I didn’t feel that life was going that well at the moment.

After my father was shot, I began to question, “Why God did this happen?”

The time in my life that was most devastating, where I felt like all hope was lost, was the day that I woke up and my husband decided that “I don’t want to be here anymore.” That was the hardest thing in the world for me, because I never knew that he was unhappy with [...]

I can remember in 2008, living in California with a group of friends. I had just graduated the year before. I had some important decisions to make about a career and where I was going to be in the future. And I thought I have a college degree and should be able to get a [...]

A few years back, I had a very difficult and unexpected tragedy in my life – I lost my son. I was very angry at God. I asked why my son – a wonderful father of four and a great husband – had to die. Through this difficult time, I have been able to find [...]

It was my sophomore year of high school. I made a choice at the beginning of the year that in my heart I felt was right, and had no idea the consequences through doing what was right would play out in my life. I was in math class, and two of the girls were cheating [...]

I started out in consumer products many years ago.  I reported to a manager who asked me to do some things that were not only unethical, but illegal. It came to a point when I knew God was calling me to make a decision. I also knew that once I made that decision, I better [...]

Everyone has some point in their life where they felt “wronged” in some way. I felt wronged when I was setup to take a fall when someone else stole some money from the company I was working for. I was the one who was asked to leave the company.

I grew up in a home where  alcohol was abused, and so my childhood years were pretty rough. I became a Christian at the age of 13, but the alcoholism in my family escalated, and it was a very difficult time at home. The turning point for me was when I got my master’s degree. [...]

I grew up in church and I knew that God was good, but it was almost like he had ceased to be good to me. I couldn’t figure out why I had that sense of loneliness, that sense of disappointment. I started looking at guys to fulfill that need – to tell me that I [...]

When I was young, I was heavyset and shy. I thought that being thin would finally make me beautiful and get the attention that I so desperately wanted. I began making rules for eating – whether it was only being able to eat liquids, not solids, or not eating after 4pm. It was no longer [...]

Earlier on in my life, depression was so gripping that I didn’t care if I ever woke up again. At that point, a friend came over and took me to see a psychiatrist… It’s been very difficult over the years.

Just being 8 years old, I declare myself an atheist— if an 8-year-old kid can declared himself atheist. But I said, God how is it that you are able to allow all these bad things to happen? Life was so difficult that at 15-years-old I decided to commit suicide. It was just that desperate. And [...]

After I was diagnosed with cancer, I needed a reminder as to where my faith lied.

My life was riding motorcycles. My life was using motorcycles in the ministry. I became really, really rebellious. I was very angry at the doctors for telling me I couldn’t ride. I am involved in a motorcycle ministry called the Christian Motorcyclists Association. They were having a ride to go and pray for a friend [...]