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DALLAS, Feb. 10 /Christian
Newswire/ -- As her younger brother battled for his life in the ICU,
Candi Pearson-Shelton sat waiting and praying with her family for a miracle. The
Scriptures were more precious to them in those hours than ever. As Candi poured
over the words from Isaiah chapter 40, a song was born. A voice cries in the
wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight in the desert a highway
for our God.... Then every eye will see the glory of the Lord revealed. The days
and months and years that would follow would be painful, but Candi and her
family found in the words of this biblical song a sort of mission--a call to
find the glory of the Lord shining through the sorrow and to reflect that glory
to all those around them.
And when death finally came, by the grace of God, they were able to find purpose
through the pain. In fact, they found a depth of beauty in the abyss of the loss
that they never could have imagined. Candi discovered that her vision was too
narrow, that her lens was too tainted by her own perceptions of fairness and
justice and her own desire to control the outcome.
In the fiercely honest yet faithful book, Desperate Hope: When Faith in God
Overcame My Despair, Candi shares the lessons that came to them along their
journey, offering a song of praise to One who, in the midst of tragedy, pain and
confusion, revealed not only His glory but also beauty, unexpected graces, a
hope more grounded in faith and a shifted perspective that changed nothing but
somehow made all the difference.
All of the profits from the sale of Desperate Hope will go to the Rick Pearson
Memorial Fund, a non-profit that exists to extend the hope of Christ to others
by championing the interests and organizations that Rick passionately supported.
Monies that are donated to the Rick Pearson Memorial Fund are used to help
support organizations like Compassion International, Bigstuf Camps, The 410
Bridge, Passion Conferences and most recently, a scholarship fund for students
who want to pursue a ministry of music with an emphasis on missions.
A song entitled "One Breath, Then Another," will accompany the book. There is a
code inside each book to redeem online for a free download.
www.davidccook.com