Nevertheless, I Live: Hope for a Hurting Heart

Book excerpt: When Mona Adkisson realizes her son, Bradley, has suffered a terrible accident in the church nursery, she turns to God for answers. Unfortunately, he remains mysteriously silent. Thankfully, with the support of friends and loved ones, Mona and her family find the strength to move on and trust God. Then, when tragedy strikes again, threatening to derail Mona's faith once and for all, she begins to question what God wants her family to learn. Can they ever hope to overcome their intense grief and loss? Find the answers to these and other tough questions in Mona Adkisson's emotional memoir, Nevertheless, I Live, Hope for a Hurting Heart. 'With transparency, Mona Adkisson beautifully shares her family's walk through tragedy with both the deepest of grief and the assurance of faith in a God who loves and meets their needs. Nevertheless, I Live inspires us all to live our lives with eternal perspective and reach out with sensitivity and love to those around us.' Shaunti Feldhahn, Bestselling author: For Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of Men and For Men Only. Nevertheless, I Live is an absolutely true, unembellished, firsthand account of what happens when a family who loves God goes through horrible tragedies. Mona's testimony will help you understand the Apostle Paul's words when he wrote, '...nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me...' Douglas O. Melton Pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church President, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma