Last year, I mentioned an upcoming book by Linda Dillow. Here’s what I wrote as an endorsement:
“Hope for My Hurting Heart is a treasure and a veritable spiritual
feast! If you read one devotional book this year, make it this one.
If you lead one book study with a small group, choose to go
through this one. Even the heartbreaking stories of faith inspire,
challenge, convict, and bless. Linda’s seasoned faith invites us
into a deeper intimacy with God and a trust in him that will
stand the trials of life. This is Linda’s magnum opus after a
lifetime of writing substantive, enlightening books.”
We’ve been given permission to give you just a small taste of the book (now available) in this week’s blog post. I hope many of you will order the entire book (see the link at the end).
Crystal and her husband, Doug, were living their dream as “cowboy” missionaries in Alaska. Doug was the horsemanship director at Victory Bible Camp, teaching lessons, leading trail rides, and caring for more than twenty-five horses. Crystal cared for their four sons, worked with the wranglers, and helped in the camp kitchen. Their sons were in boy heaven—mountains for their back yard, a small school, horses to ride, and wide-open spaces to explore.
Everything came to a screeching halt the day Doug had a supposedly “not difficult” surgery on his brain. After that surgery, his brain worked fine, but his entire body had shut down. He lost his ability to walk, speak, or eat. The family had to move to Kansas and learn a whole new way of living.
Read this blog on Substack HERE.