By Ada Brownell
Recently I heard a singing group from Evangel University and
some members gave powerful testimonies. One young man barely escaped an
abortionist’s scalpel when his 15-year-old unmarried mother discovered she was
pregnant. But she met and was counseled by a wise Christian woman and this boy
and his twin brother were saved from death.
Another young man testified about his first visit to church
at age 11, when his dad decided to get married. His father didn’t show until
they were about to give up. A few days later, they found out why. Police came to
the home and arrested his dad because had committed armed robbery just before
the ceremony.
Not wanting to live with a stepmother, the boy phoned his
grandmother, a Christian, and grew up under her influence and eventually gave
his heart and life to Christ.
Both of these young men are preparing to become worship
leaders.
American children and young people today are at risk more than
any time in history. Not only do many have parents who’ve never heard the gospel
or rebelled against it, the youth are subject to wickedness and brainwashing
unequaled in our nation since the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
I was somewhat surprised several years ago when our youngest
son, attending a Christian college, thanked me and my husband for staying
married. “Most of my college friends are from broken homes,” he said.
As a newspaper reporter and free lance writer, I’ve
interviewed the angry unmarried teen moms, grieving women who’ve had abortions,
kids in trouble with the law, parents of suicide victims, and juveniles in
mental hospital wards. I’ve interviewed experts on many angles of the problems,
including sexually transmitted diseases, alcohol and drug addiction.
Of course, I’ve also written about the achieving,
well-balanced, often Christian youth who turn away from such things.
Yet, I can’t forget the heartaches that affect too many
youth today. More important, I need to remember this generation of youth
struggles for faith in God—partly because they don’t know enough about Him.
I’ve worked with youth much of my life and written for
Christian youth publications. My book, Joe
the Dreamer: The Castle and the Catapult, is a story about youth who struggle,
but also some who believe they can do anything through Jesus Christ. Most of
the problems happen to Joe, but he has a group of friends—actually the Gallant
Guardians--dedicated to God and committed to preventing and solving crimes
using ordinary, harmless weapons.
Will they find his parents and stop the radicals, even
though the dangerous group dedicated to erasing Christianity from America uses
robot guards and real weapons?
I also have a motivational Bible study, Imagine the Future you, that youth and mothers and fathers find
strengthens their faith. Intertwined with ideas and knowledge about how to a
success, is how your life can be satisfying and joyful through eternity if it
is built on faith in God. The book takes on the secularistic, atheistic view
taught in our schools and shows with evidence why it is in error and faith in
God makes sense.
Do you have a mountain of problems? See how Joe
found the answer to his.
Joe the Dreamer: The Castle and the
Catapult. Would you like to know more about why faith
in God is the only logical answer to who we are, why we are here, and where we’re
going? Imagine the Future You.
Both are available in paperback or for Kindle at Amazon Ada Brownell
author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KJ2C06 Imagine the Future You will be available as an audiobook later this month.
The books also are available at Barnes&Noble.com and listed on GoodReads.
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