Summary

SummaryI’m Beth, and I’ve lived every mother’s nightmare. πŸ’” On 25 July 2017 my kind-hearted 19-year-old son Samuel picked up a hitchhiker in Louisiana. The man later attacked him at a secluded lake in Marshall County, Mississippi, striking him with a rock and drowning him. The call reached my husband and me while we sat in the Orlando airport; shock turned the world grey.

Samuel’s death followed the loss of my first husband in a car crash, a breast-cancer battle at 50, and all five children drifting from faith. Yet through tears, wails of lament, and a four-year courtroom journey with an unrepentant killer, God’s peace kept breaking through. πŸ“– Psalm 18 assured me the Lord had rescued my boy and held him safe.

Pain reframed my life: possessions no longer matterβ€”eternal destinies do. I forgave Samuel’s murderer, wrote him letters, and now pour comfort into other grieving hearts in Waco. The faithful love of the Lord truly endures forever. πŸ™βœ¨

Beth’s story is one of unimaginable heartbreakβ€”and unshakable hope.

In this deeply moving testimony, Beth shares how nearly all of her worst fears became reality. Her husband died in a car accident. She was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her children became estranged. And thenβ€”her son was tragically killed by a hitchhiker.

But through it all, Beth clung to the only thing that didn’t change: the faithfulness of God.

This is not a story about everything being okay. It’s a story about hope when it’s not. About finding purpose in the ashes. And about a God who is still good, even when life is not.

If you’re walking through pain, loss, or questions you don’t have answers forβ€”Beth’s story will meet you right there.

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Time Chapters
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00:40 All fears realized
03:00 Picking up hitchhiker
04:55 Murder at lake
05:35 Airport phone call
07:50 Initial shock & numb
10:45 Receiving his ashes
12:55 First lament wail
15:30 Courtroom confrontation
18:45 Clinging to God's goodness
23:35 Reframing life purpose
28:05 Hope for the hurting
41:15 Faithful love endures
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