Lord, Keep Your Mansions--Just Save My Children
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0828016704 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A big house in the country was important. Uncle Arthur and Bible Stories. Today you are a successful administrator, an author, a camp meeting speaker with high ideals--and your son is on drugs. Your heart is breaking. "Lord, keep my mansion--just save my children," you pray. Daily family worship. You did what good families are supposed to do. But now nothing else matters. Where did you go wrong? Once your career was everything. Let's say you grew up in the home of a conservative minister. For years you pray, wondering what good it does. Now, with permission ("Dad, after all I put you and Mom through, this is the least I can do"), he tells his story.. He drops out of college. Then it gets worse. His 15-year-old girlfriend is pregnant. Things don't get better. Divorce? My children? No! In these pages Richard O'Ffill shares how he moved through guilt, frustration, anger, and grief to hope, forgiveness, trust, comfort, and love
Really good book! The author reveals tremendous insights in this Really good book! The author reveals tremendous insights in this book, just as he has in other books he has written.. "normal stuff, but well written and full of passion" according to Fredrick L. Murphy. This book is a VERY good accounting of people's lives (including the minister who wrote it) with regards to struggling to help our children follow the God of Creation whole-heartedly (for themselves!!). Failures and successes are covered, and much time is spent talking about what we parents CANNOT do for our children at various ages.Much of the book concentrates on sh. A must read for any parent with child with addictions! This book is excellent for any family member of someone with addictions. This has helped a great deal to realize we are not alone.
O'Ffill currently is a revivalist and departmental director for the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and an associate speaker for American Cassette Ministries.
About the Author O'Ffill currently is a revivalist and departmental director for the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and an associate speaker for American Cassette Ministries.