When I Lay My Isaac Down: Unshakable Faith in Unthinkable Circumstances
Sometimes we make sacrifices to help us get ahead, to allow us more time with family, or because we believe in the cause. And then there are sacrifices for which we have no say—"Isaac experiences," as in Genesis 22—thrust upon us without warning or survival instructions.This book outlines eight transformational power principles Gene and Carol Kent learned in the process of facing the news that forever changed their lives: Their twenty-five-year-old son, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with an impeccable military record, shot and killed his wife's ex-husband. John Paul Kent, long recognized for his exemplary character, now walks a path no one could have predicted, and his family lives in the aftermath of a devastation most cannot imagine.Carol's candid retelling of her emotional and spiritual agony will touch your heart. The principles the Kents learned in the process of surviving such unspeakable circumstances will bolster your faith, renew your hope, and challenge you to new levels of personal and spiritual commitment. Updated and revised, this edition contains a new chapter as Carol relates what God has taught her in the years since her son’s imprisonment.