Unmatched Love. Cornerstone Church. Aberdeen, WA.

Unwelcomed images can hijack a mind, abducting any hope of peace or rest. As humans get older, they often struggle to remember, learning humility from their less-than-perfect memories. However, the events of life can unexpectedly shatter our resolve, and the shards that splinter our memory forever pierce our thoughts. Is there any hope of forgetting the traumas, escaping the regrets, overcoming the entanglements of our pasts? The true stories in this book present compelling evidence that hope really is possible regardless of the past.

Bittersweet. He was finally found, at least his remains. A mother struggles as she identifies the man stretched out before her, eyes closed. He bears a melancholy resemblance to the sleeping child she held in her arms just 19 years before. Which image would she carry with her from now on?

Two lovers whisper, exchanging glances, in a dimly lit bar. Her discretion couldn’t keep her unsuspecting husband from reading the adulterous writing on the wall. Would the memory of her face ever bring him more than a sense of misery and betrayal?

The irony of being able to see as the many blind children cascaded from the dilapidated school called Lindsey to action. Witnessing the blindness of the innocent and the cruelty of the powerful gave way to an urgency that would not relent.

These individuals and many more faced unimaginable hardship and remorse. However, no longer haunted by memories and nightmares, they have learned to set their minds on that which does not frighten, that which does not terrorize, that which does give rest. Within the pages of this book, you too can find this elusive peace of mind!