I thought I was carrying out God's will ... but a series of disasters threatened to make the mission impossible. But with God's help, the mission became possible.

I sat at the computer, staring at the screen. Would this project fail because my computer ate the file? I'd truly felt led by God to write this book. Now, just five hours before the deadline to deliver the manuscript to the printer, the book was locked inside a computer that refused to release it. The mission I thought I'd been given now seemed impossible.

I found myself speaking aloud in the empty room, pouring out my heart in a disjointed prayer. "I thought this was Your plan, Lord. What's going on here? Did I completely misread this whole situation? The story will glorify You. You seemed to open every door to make this happen."