A Chosen Child

Death, confusion, neglect, and abuse. What was the point of this child’s life? She started life by losing one of the most precious earthly treasures a child is given, her mother. After that, years of abuse and neglect caused her to strike out on her own in this world to make it her way. What she stepped into was Satan’s playground, and he was awaiting her arrival. This story will take you down that road of despair, depravity, and degradation. But would that be where God intended everything to be left? It never was, even in moments when she couldn’t see the way…because you see, she was a chosen child. God chooses each of us if we will only surrender and allow his perfect plan to be manifested in each of our lives. God’s amazing grace covers, redeems, and heals it all. Be captured as you follow the path of this chosen child and discover how a deep, intimate walk of faith as a disciple of Jesus Christ changed it all.

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As a fifty-nine-year-old mother/stepmother of seven children, grandmother of ten, and great-grandmother of five, Joy and her husband, Joshua, have had a wild ride in raising their loud, crazy, and messy “zoo crew” as her father dubbed them. But none of them would have it any other way! Joy and her husband have been married for thirty-four years and reside in Texas, where they have raised their blended family. Joy loves writing, singing, and teaching different groups, from God’s Word. She also loves playing keyboard and guitar in her local church and wherever the Lord sends her! Joy serves over fifty Southern Baptist churches in and around her community, and she loves spending quiet evenings at home with her husband, when they are not traveling or spending time with family.

-- Joy Shelby