From the Editor
Family Reunion
“There’s no pain like family pain.”
Pastor James McDonald, Harvest Bible Church
H
ow very true. No one can hurt us like
those who are related to us. Our families are our closest human connection.
The family is our socializing agent. It is
where we learn how to love. We don’t expect much from the
world. But we don’t expect and shouldn’t be hurt by our families—those who share the same blood. Maybe the same name.
There is so much pain in our world and so much of that pain
comes from our families. Too many families are fractured and
dysfunctional, producing broken people.
But there is hope. God is in the business of restoring, renewing and reuniting families.
Many families gather every year for a reunion, but it is really
just a picnic because there is no real reunion. No real restoration, forgiveness or healing. We go through the motions but we
never get past the surface to heal the wounds of the past.
God wants our families to be healed. God established the
family. He is our Heavenly Father. God made marriage between a man and a woman. In His Word, he gave us the formula for forming healthy families. Every family has its flaws
and foibles because it is made up of fallible people. But thank
God for an infallible Savior who saves and sanctifies us and
who is able to reunite broken families.
There’s no pain like family pain, but there is no greater joy
than the love of family.
In this issue you will find stories about family reunion and
restoration. A tribute from a daughter who is carrying on her
mother’s mission of restoring families. You will read about the
comfort of our heavenly Father and the love of a mother. You
will find how one mother transformed her family from the
inside out and how a daughter overcame the void left by her
father’s absence. You will find that your family is not always
those who are connected to you by blood but those you choose
by love.
You will read a very personal story about how my I met my
brother, Walter, who I saw for the first time two years ago. A
box of hidden letters started the journey to answering my father’s prayers.
God is faithful.
He has been faithful to me in the production of this maga2
The Well Magazine Fall/Winter 2013
zine and the fulfillment of
my dream. This is the
fourth issue of The Well
Magazine. It has been a
push to produce. To God
be the glory. Thank you
to all who have supported
me in this endeavor with
your encouragement and
subscriptions. Thank you
to every Grace Partner
who has invested in
bringing this magazine to
you. Please support their
businesses and ministries.
If you live in the Chicago
area, please consider attending Marriage Inc.’s
Date Night on January
24th at Olivet Nazarene
University in Bourbonnais.
Please keep this minisMonica Fountain
try, me and my family in
your prayers. I am looking
forward to a New Year and new opportunities to be a blessing
to you through The Well Magazine.
The Well Editor Monica Fountain with her father and
brothers. From left, K. Edward Copeland, William H. Copeland, Fountain and Walter Klien.
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