Strength From Within

Freedom. Many take it for granted in the United States.
Yet, daily, people are held captive sometimes by people they
love the most. Abuse is rampant, but often misunderstood by
those who have never experienced it. The questions
continuously arise, ‘Why did you stay?’ ‘Why didn’t you fight
back?’ ‘No one will ever lay a hand on me!’ ‘If it were me, I
would have left a long time ago.’ Could you really have left, if
you felt like you had no choice?
Pine Crest was a quiet little Ohio town, just outside of
Cleveland. To the outside world, it seemed to function as any
other town. However, upon closer inspection, Stacey and her
father, Sam Spencer, discovered the dangerous secret that was
this town’s reality. Corruption had such a massive stronghold,
survival seemed to be the way of life. They couldn’t fight
back, or the consequences could be so severe, it might literally
cost them their lives.
Day after day, the town would pray for salvation from the
corruption that ruled, even as some of their closest friends and
family came up ‘missing’. The stronghold of the town was
held by judges, lawyers, government, and even within thepolice department. It was rooted so deep, the only thing the
town could do was to cry in silence to God for help. Their
faith and trust in Him was their only solace, and rested
completely in Him for their strength. Their cry did not land on
deaf ears – it rarely does when God’s children cry out to Him.
When Sam and Stacey Spencer moved to Pine Crest, the
corrupt around town took notice. And when they did not bend
to their whims, they struck back. This time, though, they may
have met their match. Can the Spencers help free this town
from its bonds? Can God show them the strength that they
have – and have always had – deep within themselves to
persevere?
President Ronald Reagan said it best, “If we ever forget
that we are ‘One Nation Under God’, then we will be a nation
gone under.”