At law enforcement appreciation
events led by the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, officers and their spouses
step away from the everyday stresses of their fast-paced lives.
“My husband
began to talk on the retreat about the shooting that nearly killed him. It is
the beginning of his healing,” said one wife of an officer.
Two other
guests, Keith and Angela, first attended a retreat two years ago.
At that time, their marriage was falling apart, and the stresses from Keith’s
job drove him away from the Lord—and kept him emotionally distant from his wife
and children.
“I was
angry, frustrated, and resentful,” he said. At the first session that week,
Keith felt instant freedom hearing the Word of God and listening to worship
music: “Every session, I could feel His presence stronger and stronger. I just
couldn’t get enough.” Later during the retreat, Keith responded to the Gospel
invitation, sobbing on his knees as he came to the Lord in repentance and
faith.
Two years
later, at this fall’s retreat, Keith shared, “He’s been completely faithful in
healing the damage I caused my wife and my children. I can truly say I am a new
person because of God. To know that I’ve been given a second chance—not just in
my walk with Him but in my marriage—is priceless.”
Read the entire article by Franklin Graham here.
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