In the face of injustice, Lillie finds grace to forgive

"We gotta love folks even when they do bad things; that's the only way ta have peace down in the heart." The words little Lillie hears Pappaw say echo down through her life. Born into a family of sharecroppers in the Deep South, Lillie has plenty of opportunities to put this teaching into practice. Through racial slurs, grinding poverty, marital turmoil, and the accusation of insanity because of her boldness for Christ, Lillie faces it all with active forgiveness and stubborn faith. Her life and her lips bubble over with exuberant joy in her Savior, and her testimony displays the miracle of His grace. Because she chooses to forgive, God brings beauty out of her deepest heartaches.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Miracle in the Cotton Field
• 2. A Day of Rest
• 3. Into the Gutter
• 4. Bunion Stew
• 5. Bathed in Molasses
• 6. "We've Moving!"
• 7. An Orange for Christmas
• 8. White-Hooded Visitors in the Night
• 9. What Lillie Overheard
• 10. Daddy James Finds a Way
• 11. The Long Train Ride
• 12. A New Home in Clearmill
• 13. A White Christmas and Tall, Dark Stranger
• 14. Wishes and a New Beginning
• 15. A Growing Family
• 16. Prejudice and Friendship
• 17. "You're Crazy, Lillie!"
• 18. Baptism and a Trip South
• 19. The Cost of Obedience
• 20. Goodbyes
• 21. The Nest Empties
• 22. Sally
• 23. Memories Revisited
• 24. Shattered Heart
• 25. Crisis
• 26. Loving Through Heartache
• 27. Love Triumphs
• 28. Life as a Nanny
• 29. Candy for Island Children
• 30. "These Unusual People"
• 31. Katherine
• 32. Treasure in Heaven
• Endnotes
• About the Author