After five days in the ICU Burn Center, I allowed the staff disconnect the machines and let my brother die. The aftermath was surprising.


After five days in the ICU Burn Center, I allowed the staff disconnect the machines and let my brother die. The aftermath was surprising.

Time was running out. As Chris’ sister, I had some critical medical decisions to make. I badly needed the Holy Spirit’s help—and He came.

Summary of the Pit Dweller Series All of us have walked in dark places at one time or another. When a life-altering tragedy occurs, it’s like a sinkhole suddenly collapses the sunny sidewalk beneath us. Dropped into a black pit…

Another blessing? Chris’ hospital in Detroit was just off of I-75, This highway ran past my hometown. So I wouldn’t get lost driving there.

Corrie ten Boom said: “There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.” I know her words are true from personal experience.

In the last years of her life, my atheist brother took Mom to church every Sunday and then sat in the foyer, in case she needed him.

Against Satan’s most soul-destroying lies, the antidote is truth. The Lord neutralized my guilt and despair with a kind woman’s wise words.

Those five dark days changed me forever. I learned Jesus walks with pit dwellers too and His light shines in the darkest places.

Remember, anything the Holy Spirit prompts us to do, no matter how small or unimportant, can never be a waste of time.

Ezekiel’s vision, the valley of dried bones, had a specific purpose. God wanted his prophet to truly believe what he spoke to the remnant.