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A new life
I was searching for answers. I felt sure there had to be more to life than being born, raising children, growing old, and dying. There had to be more to life than that.
I had to make a change in my life, but I didn't know how. I was in an unhappy marriage, which seemed destined to fail, and I didn't know which way to turn next. I wanted to be happily married and have a wonderful father for my children. I'd spent my early childhood years in a home filled with violence and abuse. So a happy family life was the most important thing I could think of. I'd spent many nights in tears. I was taking sleeping pills because I wasn't able to sleep. And I was going to a chiropractor for neck problems. I also had migraine headaches.
About the marriage, I figured I had three choices: (1) stay in it and just live with it; (2) get a divorce; or (3) get a boyfriend. But I felt any of these choices would just bring more misery. I thought, "There must be something else—another choice." But I sure didn't know what it was, and I really didn't want to make another wrong decision about my life. I didn't know it was God I was searching for.
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January 21, 2002 issue
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Listen . . . you may be surprised
Kim Shippey
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Tina Wynecoop, Joe Smuin, Port Coquitlam, Lee Thursby
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Items of interest
with contributions from Nancy Gibbs, Martin Luther King, Walter Wink
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Peace in a shared homeland
By Chet Manchester
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FORGIVENESS—FIRST AND FOREMOST IT'S FOR THE VICTIM
Calvin DeLano
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Seeing the forest because of the trees
By John K. Naysmith
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"I PRAY FOR BALANCE"
Eki Diffa
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Caring for great apes
BY Kim Shippey Sentinel staff
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APES OR MONKEYS?
Patti Ragan
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The environment and humanity—woven in perfect harmony
By Colleen Douglass
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Harvard conference in Boston
By Marilyn C. Jones Sentinel staff
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Med school courses in mind/body relationship
By Kim Shippey Sentinel staff
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Confidence in God heals malaria
Ogmore Olu-Afoenyih
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A new life
Pam Waller
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Prayer heals irregular heartbeat
Paul Anthony
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Facial swelling healed
Ruth Middleton
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Fresh tracks along Bogle Brook
Mary Trammell