A Joyful Journey And A Tattered Faith

Raymond and I were married at a young age. We had such big dreams and high expectations. I held on to the "white-picket-fence" dream while he held on to the "being successful" dream. We felt unstoppable. Of course, neither of us really had a clue how it was all going to take place; we just believed that it would. And for a while, it was as if we were living the American dream. We had two beautiful little girls, the best dog anyone could ask for, and a sweet little home. Raymond had a job that paid fairly well and I was a homemaker. Everything seemed, well...perfect! While everything seemed to appear perfect on the outside, it was the inside that was suffering greatly. Somewhere along the way, we had forgotten God. We had professed to be Christians, but, truthfully, it was only in word. We had left Him out of our thoughts and our plans. And then change came. Raymond had gotten injured at work. Life as we knew it was about to end. This would be where our faith, if we even had any, was going to be tested. One painful afternoon, I found myself crumbled on the floor in our bedroom. How had we gotten to this place? How had all of our dreams and expectations come to this? We were going to be different. We were going to be unique. And we were certainly going to beat the odds! We started asking and even blaming God. "Lord, why did You allow this happen? What did we do to deserve this?" That was the beginning of A Joyful Journey and a Tattered Faith. We had lived a life of relying solely on ourselves. We didn't know what it was like to depend on God. To rely on Him to get us through any situation. Truthfully, we didn't know Him. We just knew of Him. The Lord has taken us together, and separately, by the hand and walked us through some very trying times. Times to where we wondered if He really did exist. He has revealed Himself in ways that now we can never wonder if He's even real.

• | Author: Vonda Hecht, Raymond E. Hall
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 11, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 162 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1539145999
• | ISBN-13: 9781539145998