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Have you ever felt like giving up? Many of us experience struggle, pain, and loss, and it can be hard to know what to do next. Yet when we are confronted with obstacles or hardship, God is there with us and will provide us with a way forward. We must simply take the first step.
In The Long Road to Blessed, author Michael Williams shares the unbelievable roller coaster of events that shaped his life. While struggling to find his place in a confusing world, he made many mistakes and suffered many losses. Yet he overcome tremendous adversity to raise his family in a better way than he was taught.
Even in our most difficult moments, God is there for us, and he often uses what we have been through to help others learn from our experiences. Hardships can break us if we allow it, but when we find something positive and rewarding to invest our time into, we can have faith and the determination to stay true to ourselves and to the plan that God has set out in our lives. Every great journey begins with one step forward.
Michael Williams
Michael Williams (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is Emeritus Senior Professor of Old Testament Studies at Calvin Theological Seminary, a member of the NIV Committee on Bible Translation and the Chairman of the NIrV Committee. He is the author of Deception in Genesis, The Prophet and His Message, Basics of Ancient Ugaritic, The Biblical Hebrew Companion for Bible Software Users, How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens, Hidden Prophets of the Bible and is editor and contributor of Mishneh Todah. His passion is to provide curious believers with knowledge of the Old Testament and its culture so that they may grow in their comprehension and appreciation of redemptive history and be adequately prepared to promote and defend the faith through word and action. Michael resides in Florida with his wife, Dawn.
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