Heartache and victory have been mixed together in my life and that of my family. Some events are earmarked in my book. Here's a brief overview:
HEARTACHE: As a small child, hate was a prevalent fixture. Having no brothers or sisters, I was the target of physical and mental abuse...
HEARTACHE: September 30, 1976, was the day when the Hoppers world would forever be changed in the form of a devastating automobile accident that not only paralyzed my husband but our family as well.
VICTORY: July 1977, forty-one weeks after the accident my husband walked again after doctors had given him no hope to ever walk again. But " Buds
of Faith” - simple faith, strewed with prayer and fasting brought
“Miracles in Bloom.”
HEARTACHE: January 27, 1993, the day our son, Mark, age 32, was shot and killed. His death was heartache enough but many of the accounts that circulated as to what had happened sent us reeling for months.
HEARTACHE: February 13, 1996, the enemy came again in full force to tragically take away our only grandchild, at the time. Five month old Zoe Claire was the light of our lives, and had brought back smiles and laughter that had been missing, but our laughter was again buried in sorrow.
VICTORY: Victory comes when we turn everything over to the Lord. We must understand that calamity in some fashion will come unexpectedly to all...it is a matter of holding to faith when we don’t understand. In fact, it is VICTORY that must reign in a born-again Christian's life.
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