22.32 A Special Visit with Randy and Evangeline Jackson (Part 2)

Indigenous Faith

Craig and LaDonna Smith continue the second part of their visit with Randy and Evangeline Jackson who lead their Living Stone Band music ministry. Evangeline continues to unfold the riveting story of her recent battle with cancer and the powerful drugs that were meant to treat her disease but ended up wreaking havoc in her mind. It reminds us that even good people can become tormented by the very medications that are designed to help them face daunting illness and injury. But this story has a happy ending as the Lord sustained her through her battles and she survived a season that took her to the lowest valley of her life. And now, because of that pain and suffering, the songs they sing and the message they preach has a deeper impact on lives. As Craig mentions, many of the songs we sing and message we preached before our trauma were messages we had to sing and preach by faith, because life was good, we were healthy, we enjoyed a wonderful ministry and so on. But for both the Jacksons and the Smiths, God in His sovereignty allowed some pretty intense disasters to visit them, and yet, He proved Himself faithful through it all. It is from that prism of suffering that Randy and Evangeline will soon be leading the attendees of the Smiths Indigenous Faith training conference in musical worship and special music. These two couple's stories of surviving through and thriving from their schools of suffering can help others who go through their own deep pain and suffer to know there's hope in full surrender to the Lordship of Christ in their lives. Maybe that's you, dear friend? If so, we know God will take the stories of faith and perseverance to encourage you on in your own journey through those difficult days. Be encouraged, God has a plan for the disasters of life that come the way of the believer! So be uplifted by this edition of Indigenous Faith!