Overview
In mid-summer of 1986, I had just given birth to our second child, a little girl. She joined her big brother, Will, for only a short while before he was taken from us on November 5, 1986 -- the victim of a horrific crime. As a survivor of the crime, I was barely coping with the daily routine. She was six months old now and the only reason I got out of bed or even smiled again. She filled my arms and brought me comfort. I found myself standing beside my husband, Bill, in front of a full jury and packed federal courtroom in Columbia, South Carolina, as victims of a heinous crime. The battle in my head was raging and warred with my emotions. I called myself a Christian. I had given my life to Jesus as a young child, but all of this was assaulting my theology and belief system. I didn't understand how a loving God could allow such an awful thing to happen. Where were the angels who were supposed to protect us? We also believed God had forgiven us for all our past sins. But the truth was that life just did not make sense anymore. We were back to the age-old question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" I could forgive murderers, but I could not forgive my own husband. I could forgive murderers, and yet, I was so afraid that this was God's judgment for allowing all of this to happen that I could not even admit until years later that I was also mad at Him! I was determined to take God at HIS Word, so when I heard God say, "Remember Job" on that fateful night out on I-26, November 5th, 1986, I took Him at His Word. This is our "Job" story, pronounced with a long "o." I would begin a quest for understanding and peace with God that has never stopped. This is the story that God wrote on my life. I received the privilege to walk it out with Him, one moment at a time.
- | Author: Linda Stapleton
- | Publisher: Here I Am Publishing, Llc
- | Publication Date: Nov 21, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1958032018
- | ISBN-13: 9781958032015
