...but I've always been captivated by gut-wrenching stories of life and death, heroes and villains, stories in which a character I love is completely overwhelmed by his or her circumstances.Why? I think it's because I've been there ... and maybe you have, too. Life can be brutal. As a fiction writer I have the privilege of making sure my characters survive. In real life, it's a different story.I've been battered by bitter circumstances: by a childhood accident which left me disfigured, by a period of infertility, by conflicts and challenges, and most recently, by my husband's cancer. Some of you have been hurt much more deeply than I.When I've been stripped of all my resources, I've found God is there. He says "I know the plans I have for you," He promises "I will never leave you or forsake you," He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the Source of our strength, our Hope and our joy forever.So how can we stand on that strength, experience that joy, survive the suffering that life brings? That's what I'm learning ... and writing ... about.Come join me on the journey!
