From Test to Testimony
Brother Mark, Pt. 2: Diamonds in the Rough
The dramatic tipping point in Mark Gray’s story. A story of a life clouded by substance abuse, buried in hopelessness, found by love, and restored to brilliant clarity.
The dramatic tipping point in Mark Gray’s story. A story of a life clouded by substance abuse, buried in hopelessness, found by love, and restored to brilliant clarity.
Mark Gray was a created a person of value. He thought himself worthless after abuse, addiction, incarceration, and failure. But our worth isn’t determined by the labels and criticisms stuck to us and in us. Mark’s story shares why even the most broken of people have value.
If you ever wondered what rock bottom can look like, look no further: grand theft charges, a disabled partner, and homelessness. And finally, redemption. Lots of redemption.
She is someone who admits she took a very long and difficult road before finding her exit for the straight and narrow one. As she tells it, there is trauma and abuse, adultery and murder, grand theft and homelessness, broken family and loss. Yet at the end of it all there is redemption, restoration, and an incredible child of God with a story to tell.
Cassie was always proud of her zealous work ethic. Even when she was sick, she would refuse to use up any of her sick days. Accordingly, Cassie had no empathy for my sicknesses whatsoever. I found myself with a nasty head-cold while in Belfast, and it was hands-down one of the worst experiences since my wife passed away.