Chosen in Love

Chosen in Love is the story of a young woman who was full of anger, fear, guile, and shame. She used anger to deal with her pain. After the Lord entered her life, He gently unfolded truth to her, memory by memory, while giving her the needed strength to extend and receive forgiveness. Her trust in the Lord deepened as she yielded to His leading and took steps of faith that ultimately led her around the world in His service. He redirected the energy of her anger to fight for exploited children in Thailand; she developed a ministry that prevented 12 year-old girls from entering the slave market by enabling them to continue their government education. In Africa, she trained leaders to work with children traumatized by war and ministered to teen soldiers. She reached out to Palestinian children in the Middle East by developing summer camp programs, and she pioneered a Bible College extension campus for Christian Arabs in East Jerusalem. But as she traveled the world ministering to others, God was working deep inside her taking her spirit on its own journey--an inward journey from the bondage of anger to the freedom of His love. The silent work of God broke the shackles of fear and anger that had held her captive for a lifetime. Eventually, He led her home again to care for both her mother (who had been the object of much of her anger), and her younger brother, who was dying of cancer. In caring for these two family members during their last days here on earth, Leona received what she had struggled for all her life--acceptance and love.