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Devotion by Micheal Woods, Executive Director As we step into a new year, I want to share something with you that I pray will take up residence directly in your soul. It is a truth that not only activates your faith but also grows it. This simple and powerful phrase can renew your life: Yes,…
Using and selling drugs were so common in my life that I was only ten the first time I smoked marijuana – at home with family. In my world, that was normal, and by thirteen, I was using meth. School was horrible for me. I didn’t have nice clothes and never felt like I fit in….
God Is Able—Right Where You Are Micheal Woods, Executive Director If I could put one sentence at the top of our hearts this month, it would be this: God is able! Not someday when everything lines up, but today. When I was a kid, I wanted to invent a time machine. I thought If I…
My story hasn’t been easy. Years ago, when I was a manager at a quick-service restaurant, I was working every hour I could to provide for my kids. While I was at work, a family member made a mistake that caused DSS to step in and take my kids away for almost six months. It…
Some of my earliest memories are filled with fear. My mom’s boyfriend at the time was violent. He would beat me and sometimes throw me into closets. I don’t know if he was taking his anger out on me instead of beating my mother and sister, but an experience like that is difficult to overcome….
Micheal Woods, Executive Director You may not realize it yet, but here, right now, this is your moment. Not yesterday, not someday. Now. Too many of us believe we’ve missed our time. We mistakenly believe that we’ve made too many mistakes or gone too far. But right now, can be your time. You are not…
By Chris (Men’s Recovery Program Resident) This is not my first time in the Recovery Program at Western Carolina Rescue Ministries. I left the program the first time because of a relationship. At the time, I thought it was the right thing to do, but looking back, it just pulled me off course. The relationship…
So often life hands us challenges we never asked for — losses, disappointments, and setbacks that leave us wondering why things turned out the way they did. And in all honesty, we sometimes ask if God really cares. But when we hit those tough moments, we have an important choice to make: will we let…
When I arrived at Abba’s House six months ago, I had just one week clean. I’d left my apartment and everything I owned to come here with the hope of reuniting with my seven-year-old son. My family dropped me off and wished me the best. I had no Department of Social Services case, just a…
by Micheal Woods (September/October 2023 Newsletter) I’ve been thinking lately about a passage in the Bible that talks about God’s graciousness to Abram. This has been on my heart because I am convinced it contains a principle that a lot of people find hard to accept. In the account found in Genesis 13, Abram (later…
