Mary – Fortress of Hope Ministries

Lord, Let It Be

The choices of other people may interrupt our lives. We didn’t ask for it. And we certainly don’t want it as it doesn’t line up with our dreams. My son’s choices that led to his incarceration were not what I dreamed or imagined for his life. Like other parents, I imagined my son growing up, going to college, finding a good job, marrying a godly woman, and having children. But my dreams for life were interrupted. With that interruption a…

Life Interrupted

Shonda Savage Whitworth

Holidays, hope

“Then Mary said, ‘Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.’ And the angel departed from her” (Luke 1:38 NKJV). “Write down everything in that journal. Someday you’ll be sharing your story.” John handed me the red Moleskine® journal. Instinctively, I reached out and took it from him. “I don’t want this story.” Though devastated from my son’s arrest just weeks before, I attended a seminar training as scheduled. John, who was part…