Twila Paris

You're on the path you've prayed about—the path God's been leading you down for ages. The fruits of your ministry are evident. Then wham!

Everything changes. What once seemed so simple and clear becomes incredibly difficult.

Where is God, anyway? Weren't you doing what He told you to do? How do you go on when your beautiful, smooth path takes a sudden turn, and you find yourself on rockier terrain than you've ever faced before?

I was on that beautiful, smooth path. With my family's support, I had accepted God's call into music ministry. I recorded my first album in 1981; and although life on the road was certainly not easy, I knew I was where God wanted me to be.

My certainty increased when I married my husband, Jack, and he became my manager. Our plan was to travel together as husband and wife and work side by side.

For a while, everything was terrific. God blessed our marriage and ministry, and we could see we were making a difference in people's lives.

But one problem kept cropping up.