Aug 19, 2022
How do you persevere when it seems hopeless?
Today's guest, author Lisa Loraine Baker, shares a dual
message of perseverance. She relates her own decade of suffering
alongside her husband during his terminal years of cancer. She also
shares her struggles as a writer and the dramatic biography she
co-authored about a pastor who overcame a backstory of abuse, gang
activity, and addiction.
Lisa Loraine Baker is an author and freelance writer who
thrives on hope, and her brand encompasses the axiom, “Not all is
lost; CHARGE!” She’s quirky and sassy, loves the Lord, and seeks to
bring Him glory in all she does.
Lisa shares her testimony of salvation in mid-life. She grew
in her faith for a few years and gathered a community of support
before her late husband embarked upon his terminal journey through
cancer. Baker notes the importance of focusing on the Lord and on
others, which can strengthen us during times of struggle.
We discuss the dangers of believing the myth of
self-sufficiency when facing difficult circumstances.
Lisa shares her experience working as Pastor Marshall
Brandon's assistant and the moment when they realized she needed to
serve as his co-author. Baker recounts how she suffered an onset of
debilitating arthritis soon after they began writing the
story.
Baker shares Marshall Brandon's story of intense abuse, gang
activity, and military deployment to Vietnam. He fell prey to
militant mindsets and heroin addiction. An armed robbery conviction
sent him to prison. Marshall persevered through his years of
incarceration and got married. At his moment of salvation, Brandon
was miraculously delivered from addiction and averted the
destruction of his marriage.
The Lord led Marshall Brandon into ministry, where he
demonstrated full redemption in becoming a pastor of a church of
people he once would have seen as his enemies.
Lisa describes the perseverance required in the process of
editing and facing rejections. She also shared how Marshall's PTSD
made it painful for him to endure the trauma of recounting his
memories of prison, Vietnam, addiction, and childhood abuse.
Because they knew the Lord called them to share the message of his
testimony, Lisa and Marshall persevered.
Baker recommends meditating daily on scripture, ministering
within your gifts and talents, growing as God leads, and blessing
others around you. She urges encourages listeners to renew
themselves in the Lord daily. Lisa also reminds us all is not lost
and we can persevere through the strength of Christ to charge
onward.
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