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Where it all began...
It’s hard to say where the story of Making Peace and Beyond began. Was it when I was born in 1943 into an old southern family where we had love, position, and church coupled with the chaos of two alcoholic parents? Was it when I took refuge from the chaos at age 13 in the momentary comfort of alcohol and sex? Or when an unwanted pregnancy at 16 sent me away and changed my life forever? Or maybe when my husband left with my best friend leaving me with a 4-year-old and a new baby? Or when marriage to a drug/sex addicted psychiatrist took me to the end of myself and I could find no answers in the church or mental health?
All of those things now feel like the training ground for the work God had for me now known as Making Peace and Beyond. The concrete beginning happened in 1978 when a position in the (then) new field of alcohol/dysfunctional family counseling chased me down and shipped me off to a “professional” training program in Minnesota. From the first words spoken to the last the leaders described my life and, for the first time, I felt the hope of healing.
Suddenly it all fit together and I knew what the purpose of my life was and is. I want everyone who feels hopeless or confused to know one thing- No matter what you have done or what has happened to you-There is a way back!! Making Peace and Beyond has been molded out of the 45 years of sharing stories and witnessing what God can do. I have total confidence in the healing power of Christ. When we become willing to examine our story, God will provide a way to His peace, joy and love.
Jamie
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